The Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer) was the U.S. Navy's material-support organization for naval aviation from 1921 to 1959. The bureau had "cognizance" (i...
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John S. McCain Sr. (category Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
air operations in support of the Guadalcanal campaign. He served as Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air. In...
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of Transportation (2007). "A Citizen's Guide to MDOT" (PDF). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 22, 2008. Bureau of Aeronautics....
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Gregorio Y. Zara (category University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni)
chief aeronautical engineer in the Bureau of Aeronautics of the Department of National Defense. For 21 years, he was director of aeronautical board,...
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development, design and research for projects. NJDOT's Bureau of Aeronautics has general oversight of public use airports and restricted use facilities, including...
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Martin PBM Mariner (category World War II patrol aircraft of the United States)
The Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, 1944. Martin PBM-5 1947 Navy Model Pilot's Handbook (AN 01-35ED-1). Washington, D.C.: The Bureau of Aeronautics...
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had little association with the Cougar by the end of the project. The U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics placed order for two prototypes, initially designated...
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purpose of the executive order was to accelerate the development of the civil aviation in the Philippines; it also resulted into the Bureau of Aeronautics taking...
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John Glenn (category Recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor)
series of physical and psychological tests began at the Lovelace Clinic and the Wright Aerospace Medical Laboratory. Because of his Bureau of Aeronautics job...
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John Henry Towers (category Members of the Early Birds of Aviation)
organizational development of naval aviation from its beginnings, eventually serving as Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics (1939–1942). He commanded carrier...
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William A. Moffett (category Battle of Veracruz (1914) recipients of the Medal of Honor)
Moffett. Biography portal List of Medal of Honor recipients (Veracruz) Bureau of Aeronautics Naval aviation U.S. Occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, 1914 Quirk...
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It was designed in response to a 1957 requirement issued by the Bureau of Aeronautics for an all-weather attack aircraft for Navy long-range interdiction...
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Ernest J. King (category Recipients of the Order of Naval Merit (Brazil))
aviator in 1927, and was captain of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington. He then served as Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics. Following a period on the Navy's...
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to jurisdiction; the Bureau of Aeronautics' work on unmanned aircraft, for example, overlapped to some degree with the Bureau of Ordnance's work on guided...
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Robert E. Dixon (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
as commanding officer of the USS Valley Forge from January to June 1953; and (3) for services as Chief, Bureau of Aeronautics from July 1957 to November...
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for Aeronautics (NACA) was a United States federal agency that was founded on March 3, 1915, to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research...
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of pilots, certification of aircraft and investigation of accidents. In 1934, the Aeronautics Branch was renamed the Bureau of Air Commerce, to reflect...
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WAVES (section Creation of the program)
benefits of their male counterparts. Opposition delayed the passage of the bill until May 1942. At the same time, the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics felt...
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jet research aircraft of the 1940s. It was designed in 1945 by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, in conjunction with...
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Frank Wead (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
Moffett. This Bureau was authorized by the naval appropriation bill of 12 July 1921. Prior to its creation, the Bureau of Aeronautics was originally...
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Alfred M. Pride (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
He served during the late 1940s as Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics and during the Korean War as Commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Pride's career was...
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World War II and American animation (category History of animation in the United States)
Disney produced Four Methods of Flush Riveting for Lockheed Martin's engineers. The Army Air Force, Navy, and Bureau of Aeronautics also commissioned and supervised...
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Norman Kleiss (category United States Navy bomber pilots of World War II)
of Structures Branch, Bureau of Aeronautics, under command of Rear Admiral Melville Pride. When Pride retired in May 1947, Kleiss became the Head of Structures...
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development of aerial weapons. This often led to friction with the Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer), which had responsibility for the development of Naval aircraft...
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Naval Air Station Patuxent River (category History of aviation)
of American involvement in World War II spurred establishment of the new air station. Rear Admiral John Henry Towers, Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics,...
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Harold B. Sallada (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
rank of captain with the second assignment as director of Bureau of Aeronautics for Plans Division on August 23, 1942. He was promoted to the rank of rear...
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transferred the Bureau of Aeronautics to the newly created Department of Commerce and Industry and renamed the bureau as the Civil Aeronautics Administration...
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United States military aircraft serial numbers (redirect from Bureau Number)
designating numbers, but became known as Bureau Numbers (BuNos) due to their assignment by the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. In 1930, the service ceased using...
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Arthur W. Radford (category Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
ships and in the Bureau of Aeronautics. After the U.S. entered World War II, he was the architect of the development and expansion of the Navy's aviator...
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Westinghouse J40 (category Abandoned military aircraft engine projects of the United States)
Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division starting in 1946 to a US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer) request. BuAer intended to use the design in several fighter...
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