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...defense preparations began last summer, the aircraft industry jumped almost directly from swaddling clothes into ill-fitting long pants, quivered before the big bad wolf of mass production. Defense Commissioner William S. Knudsen was patient. As aircraft manufacturers hacked away by hand at their $2,500,000,000-plus backlog, he quickly allayed the fear that their industry would be moved to Detroit, but at the same time he made eyes at his mass-producing auto friends (TIME, Oct. 7). Neither planemakers nor automen enjoyed this coquetry...
...aircraft backlog was $50,000,000 or less. Last October it was $392,000,000. Last week, for 28 airplane, engine and parts makers, it was over $2,500,000,000. In this figure were $627,000,000 for Curtiss-Wright, $395,000,000 for Douglas, $373,000,000 for United Air craft, $218,000,000 for Lockheed. Backlogs of the smaller fry (called "marginal producers" less than a year ago) were scarcely less dizzying. Sample: 46-year-old Lawrence Doane Bell's Bell Aircraft (Airacuda, Airacobra), whose books bulge with $60,000,000 in orders, up from...
This year, in the Vanguard interceptor pursuit, Vultee produced one of the fastest planes in the sky. Since March, World War II has tripled Vultee's backlog of unfilled orders to an estimated $40,000,000 (all military, some foreign...
...made more four, five and six place commercial planes than all other producers combined. Essentially a private-plane maker-although England recently bought more than 600, reportedly for Army courier service, and the U. S. Army has bought some for short-range observation work-Stinson's backlog has also tripled since March to a record...
...With his backlog threatening to choke the fast-growing company, tall, straight-lipped Vultee President Richard W. Millar needed new capacity fast. Stinson has the advantage of a supermodern plant, situated in the Defense Area, hemmed in by the high Cumberland Mountains, supplied with cheap TVA power. It adjoins Nashville's huge new Berry Field, with ample runway room for test takeoffs. The average flying weather is better in Tennessee than most other sections. With Tennessee's plentiful labor, Vultee could figure on boosting employment at Nashville from Stinson's present 725 to 7,000 or more...