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Show AEROPLANE DUILDlNG IN AMERICA A dozen or mote neroplano factories factor-ies aro located in this country, nt Duffalo nnd Ithacn, Now York; Boston Bos-ton nnd Mnrblohead, Mass.; Dayton, Ohio; nnd In Now Jorsoy nnd California Cali-fornia . Tho Curtlss plant nt Buffalo Is perhaps tho largest In tho world Together with tho Burgess Company, of Marblehead, Mass. (with which tho Curtlss Company has recently combined In order to bo nblo to tako caro of tho large number of war orders or-ders received), the two plants aro credited with n capacity of ten machines ma-chines a day. This rato of output compares favor-nbly favor-nbly with that of tho combined factories fac-tories of Franco, vhlch Is thirty machines ma-chines a day, and tho factories of Orcat Britain, which is twenty-flvo machines. Tho Curtlss Company recently re-cently closed un order for $15,000,000 worth of aeroplanes for tho British government. Another order from tho snmo sourco reported last month was for twenty enormous trlplnnes, costing cost-ing $7G,000 each. Franco, It may bo remarked, Is appropriating ap-propriating tho huge sum of $1C,!G0,-000 $1C,!G0,-000 for aviation alono, for tho second sec-ond quarter of this year. When it Is seen that at this rato tho appropriation appropria-tion for tho cntlro year would bo over $6G,000,000 tho lmportanco of aviation In tho war will bo realized. American flying schools also, aro busily engaged teaching men to navl-goto navl-goto tho air. During tho winter season sea-son these schools aro located mostly In tho South. American Itovlow of I Ilevlows. |