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(needs much cleanup)
Key individuals in early aircraft industry
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Starting years (unreliable)
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Sources (see notes on sources in Appendix A)
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Company (listed in full in Appendix B)
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Nation
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Place
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Roles
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Agostini
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new partner, 1911
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G70; 2dG 90; SD68;
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Caproni 1
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Italy
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Milan, then Vizzola.
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partners briefly with Caproni
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Albree, George Norman
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1917
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G21, 238; 2dG23, 362
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Albree
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USA
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designer
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Alter, Ludwig
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1918
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G22, 2G25
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Alter
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Germany
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Darmstadt
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Amiot, Félix
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1940 became part of Junkers empire
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G24, 2dG27
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Amiot
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France
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Colombes, Paris
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Anatra, Arthur Antonovich
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Late 1917; revived 1918 during Austrian occupation; under Soviet Russia, each factory was taken over by a governmental authority.
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RA12-23; G25, 97, 169; 2dG27, 125, 264;
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Anatra
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Russia
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Odessa; additional factory at Simferopol, 1916.
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owner (and designer?) of Anatra company
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Anzani, Alessandro
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Dir1920 p24; http://britishanzani.co.uk/AnzHist.htm and http://www.britishanzani.co.uk/History.htm (28 May 2009);
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Anzani
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France
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112, Boulevard de Courbevoie, Courbevoie, Paris
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Arnoux, René
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1922
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G29; 2dG32
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Arnoux
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France
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Ashfield, R.J.
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1920; then became H.G. Hawker Engineering
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G287
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Sopwith
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UK
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U.K. / Kingston-on-Thames; Brooklands; Richmond Road, Ham
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draughtsman
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Baldwin, F. W.
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1910?
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2dG88, 7;
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Canadian Aerodrome
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Canada
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Baldwin, F.W.
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1908 or 1909
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G10, 42, 87 2dG7, 88, 112;
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AEA
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Canada
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AEA at Hammondsport, NY, US
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Barber, Horatio
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G14; 2dG11
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Aeronautical Syndicate
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UK
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Barlow, Major
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1977
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G112; 2dGF159-160; SD120; 1920Dir44;
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Fairey 2
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UK
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leased part of factory at Clayton Rd., Hayes, Middlesex, and purchased a nearby field to test landplanes.
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by 1918, designer at Fairey 2
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Barnwell, brothers Frank and Richard
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1911
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G39, 2dG49
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Barnwell
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UK
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Barron, Eduardo
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1919?
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G146-147; SD216
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Hereter
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Spain
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Barcelona
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designed 1917 Espana figher.
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Bathiet-Sanchez
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1914?
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G40; 2dG51
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Bathiat-Sanchez
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France
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Baumann, Prof. Alexander
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G335
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Zeppelin
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Germany
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Lindau/Friedrichshaften, Germany
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Beatty, G.W.
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1916?
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G41; 2dG52; Dir1920 p43
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Beatty
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UK
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Hendon
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(American)
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Bechereau, Louis
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Restructured, 1921
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G96, 288; 2dG125, 438; SD101-102, 269 G60; 1920Dir23
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SPAD
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France
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Bétheny; Reims; chief plant during war was on Rue du Val d'Or, Suresnes.
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had been technical director and a designer-manger at Deperdussin
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Béchereau, Louis
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1914
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G96, 288, 2dG125, 438; SD101-102, 169, 269.
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Deperdussin
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France
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Bétheny; Reims;
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designers/managers
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Beech, A.C.
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1912 or 1913, maybe
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2dG53
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Beech-National
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USA
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Chicago, IL
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Bell, Alexander Graham
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1909
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G42, 10
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Bell
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USA
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USA (NY?)
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Bell, Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, leader of AEA
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1908 or 1909
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G10, 42, 87 2dG7, 88, 112;
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AEA
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US
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Hammondsport, NY
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Bell, Mrs. [Mabel]? Wife of Alexander Graham Bell, prime mover and financier
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1908 or 1909
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G10, 42, 87 2dG7, 88, 112;
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AEA
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US
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Hammondsport, NY
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Bellanca, Giuseppe Mario
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1919
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Hammons & Co., 1934; G43; 2dG55
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Bellanca
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USA
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Brooklyn, New York, NY
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Benoist?
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Became Benoist, 1912
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G14, 44; 2dG11, 56;
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Aeronautic Supply
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USA
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St. Louis, MO
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Benoist?
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1914?
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G44, 14; 2ndG56, 10
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Benoist
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USA
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St. Louis, MO, USA
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Berg, Olaf
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1910?
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2dG57
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Berg
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Denmark
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Berkmans, Emile and Maurice
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1917
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G46; 2dG57
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Berkmans
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USA
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Besobrasov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
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1916 or 1917
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G47; 2dG59; RA34-37;
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Besobrasov
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Russia
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began in rental facility on outskirts of Khodynski Airfield, Moscow, Russia; work continued 1915 at aviation school, Sevastopol.
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financed Besobrasov company ; ensign in the Russian army
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Besson, Marcel
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ca. 1914 starts to produce aircraft
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G47, 2dG59; Dir1920 p21
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Besson 1
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France
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possibly Rue St. Denis, Boulogne
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Bienvenu
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Blackburn, Robert
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1914
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G48-49; 2dG61
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Blackburn 1
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UK
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Leeds, UK
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Blériot
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1917
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G281
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Società Italiana Transaerea
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Italy
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Italy /Corso Peschiera, Turin
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Bleriot, Louis
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firm established by 1910
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G49-50; 2dG64; Dir1920 p22,p26
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Bleriot 1
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France
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France
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Bleriot, Louis
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late 1913
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G49-50, 97; 2dG64, 125; SD page to be supplied; Dir1920 p22,p26
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Bleriot 2
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France
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2 Quai du General Gallieni, Suresnes, Seine
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Bleriot, Louis
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1919, became Air Navigation and Engineering Co. (ANEK)
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G25, 2dG28
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Bleriot-SPAD
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UK
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Addlestone, Surrey, UK
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Bleriot, Louis
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Restructured, 1921
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G96, 288; 2dG125, 438; SD101-102, 269 G60; 1920Dir23
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SPAD
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France
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Bétheny; Reims; chief plant during war was on Rue du Val d'Or, Suresnes.
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designer and founder of Bleriot Aeronautique.
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Bloch
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G243; Dir1920, p23
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Potez
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France
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96, Avenue Victor Hugo and 2, ruede la Gare, Aubervilliers (Seine), France
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Bloch, Marcel
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1918
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G50
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Bloch
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France
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Paris and Suresnes
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Blondeau
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Dir1920 p24; http://britishanzani.co.uk/AnzHist.htm and http://www.britishanzani.co.uk/History.htm (28 May 2009);
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Anzani
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France
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112, Boulevard de Courbevoie, Courbevoie, Paris
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Blondeau, Gustave
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G147; 2dG217; Dir1920 p37,p47;
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Hewlett -Blondeau
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UK
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Clapham, London; Leagrave, Luton, Bedfordshire.
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"one of the first French pilots"
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Blood ?
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1911
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SD145
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Hadley-Blood
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USA
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Mineola, NY
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Bobba?
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1913
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G51; 2dG66
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Bobba
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Italy
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Bobin
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1925?
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G64; 2dG81
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Buscaylet
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France
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Boeing, William E.
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1916
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G51-52; 2dG66-67; 1IDCH47;
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Boeing 1
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USA
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Seattle, WA
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Borel, Gabriel
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1915?
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G54-55, 2dG70
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Delacombe
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France
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designer
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Borel, Gabriel
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Restructured 1918
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G54-55; 2dG70; Dir1920 p22
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Borel
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France
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Mourmelon and other locations incl. 64, Quai National, Puteaux, Seine
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Bossi, Enea?
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1913
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G55; 2dG70
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Bossi
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Italy
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Boudot, M. Emil
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G219
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Nestler Ltd
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UK
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U.K. / Westminster
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Brandenberg, Carl Caspar
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G190, G119
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Lübeck-Travemünde
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Germany
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Germany / Travemünde Privall
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Breguet, brothers Louis and Jacques
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Formed company, 1911
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G57; 2dG73-74
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Breguet 1
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France
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Bruce, Robert A.
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G325
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Westland
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UK
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UK / Yeovil & Westland Farm
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Buscaylet and sons
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1925?
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G64; 2dG81
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Buscaylet
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France
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Calderara, Mario
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SD66
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Calderara
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Italy
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Camal, Victor
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SD66
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Camal
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France
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Camden-Pratt, A.
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G230; wp:Parnall_Scout(21Apr2009)
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Parnall
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UK
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Mivart St., Bristol, UK
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Designer
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Canon, Walter
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SD67
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Cannon
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USA
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Los Angeles, CA
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Caproni, Count Gianni
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new partner, 1911
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G70; 2dG 90; SD68;
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Caproni 1
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Italy
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Milan, then Vizzola.
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had set up previous companies as qualified electrical engineer;
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Caproni, Gianni
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1929, restructures
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G70; 2dG90-91; SD68;
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Caproni 3
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Italy
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Caspar, Karl
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renamed, 1913
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G72, 141; 2dG 93, 208
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Caspar 1
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Germany
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Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel
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Caspar, Karl
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merger, 1914
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G72, 141; 2dG93, 208.
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Caspar 2
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Germany
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Hamburg-Fuhlsbuttel
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Caspar, Karl
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changes name and location, 1921
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G72, 141-142; 2dG 93, 208
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Caspar 3
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Germany
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Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel; acquired location at Travemunde, 1918, to where it relocates 1921.
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Caspar, Karl
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1919
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G141, 56, 144; 2dG208, 72, 212; Dir1920 p28
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Hansa-Brandenburgische
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Germany
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perhaps a minority owner
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Castiglioni, Camilio
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1919
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G141, 56, 144; 2dG208, 72, 212; Dir1920 p28
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Hansa-Brandenburgische
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Germany
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primary owner
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Caudron, Gaston and René
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established factory, 1910
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G73-74; 2dG94-95
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Caudron 1 and 2
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France
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Picardy and Romoutier?
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Caudron, Gaston and René
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1914
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G73-74; 2dG94-95; 1920Dir22, 44;
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Caudron 2
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France
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flying school at Le Crotoy; factory at Rue. Ca. 1914 factory moved to Lyon and Rene opens second factory, March 1915, at 50 a 70 rue Guynemer, Issy-les-Moulineaux (Seine).
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Gaston dies in aircraft accident 1915.
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