BUAERO (_see_ U.S. Navy Department, Bureau of Aeronautics) Buffalo, New York, 35, 43 Buick, 232, 237, 241, 252, 254 Buivid, Mr., 179 BUNAV (_see_ U.S. Navy Department, Bureau of Navigation) Burbank, California, 201 Burden, William A. M., 278 Burns, Colonel, 213, 216 Business cycles, 163 Businessmen _vs._ professional men, 163-164 on United Aircraft board, 264 Butler, Admiral, 151 Butler, Congressman, 71-72 Byrd, Dick, 96, 104 C Cadillac, 232 Cadman Report, 206 Caldwell, Frank, 78, 155, 165-167, 169-171, 256 _California_, battleship, 152, 182 Camp Perry, 2 Canadian Pratt and Whitney, 253 Carburetors, 42 Carriers (_see_ Aircraft carriers) Champion, Lt. C. C., 38, 73, 96 Chance Vought Corporation, 17, 43, 47, 153, 170, 182, 185, 187, 190, 193, 196, 205, 230, 241, 265 (_See also_ Vought-Sikorsky; United Aircraft Corporation) Chatfield, Hugh, 73 Chevrolet, 232, 237, 241, 252 Cheyenne, Wyoming, 168-170 Chicago-San Francisco contract air mail route, 76 Chilton, Roland, 32, 40-41 Chourré, Emile, 117 Christianity, 7, 88, 209-210, 212, 309-310 Churchill, Winston, 171 C.I.O., 273-275 Civil Aeronautics Act, 70, 298, 303-306 Civil Aeronautics Authority, 302 Civil Aeronautics Board, 298-299, 301-305, 307-308 Clerget engine, 17 Clippers, 176-177, 180, 200, 255 (_See also_ Transports) Coco Solo, 151 Coffin, Howard, 61 Colbert, M., 205 Cole, Francis W., 264 Collective bargaining, 249-250 College Point, Long Island, 173 Collins, Capt. Harry, 218-219, 224 _Colorado_, cruiser, 143 COMAIRONS, 124, 127, 134-135, 138, 140 Combustion, principle of, 3 _Command of the Air_, 10 Competition, 24, 95, 97, 111, 161, 191, 230, 262, 276, 278, 297, 303-305 and foreign markets, 188 international, 205-208, 294 subsidized, 301 in transport planes, 202, 295, 297 unfair, 164-165 Conant, Hersey, 28 Congress, 71-72 appropriation committees of, 302 aviation appropriations from, 20, 53, 55, 95, 216-217, 229, 293-294 Congressional Aviation Policy Board, 289 report of, 294-295 Congressional committees, public hearings before, 271 Congressional investigations, 181-182, 187, 263 Connecticut State War Finance Committee, 246 Consolidated Aircraft, 43, 183, 202 army trainers, 43-46 Catalinas, 195 NY’s, 44, 84, 91 Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation, 273 Cook, Capt. Arthur B., 127 Coolidge, Calvin, 8, 61, 69, 79, 94-95 Cowl-flaps, 188 Coyle, Mr., 241 Coyne, Bob, 246 Crane, Henry, 238 Curtice, Harlow, 241, 254 Curtiss, Glenn, 113 Curtiss Airplane and Motor Company, 16, 34-37, 51-52, 73-74, 97, 153 Hawks, 73-74, 99 TS’s, 43 (_See also_ Curtiss-Wright) Curtiss engines, D-12’s, 35-36, 73, 75 R-1454’s, 35-36, 52, 56, 74