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AIRCRAFT PURCHASED BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT

LETTER

FROM

THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

TRANSMITTING

PURSUANT TO LAW, A REPORT OF DESIGNS, AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT PARTS, AND AERONAUTICAL ACCESSORIES PURCHASED BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1927

JANUARY 5, 1928.-Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY,

The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
Washington, December 21, 1927.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (m), section 10, of the act approved July 2, 1926 (44 Stat. 787), report of designs, aircraft, aircraft parts, and aeronautical accessories purchased by the Navy Department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1927, the prices paid therefor, the reason for the award in each case, and the names and addresses of all competitors in the various competitions held by the Navy pursuant to the above-cited act.

Very truly yours,

CURTIS D. WILBUR,
Secretary of the Navy.

Report of designs, aircraft, aircraft parts, and aeronautical accessories purchased by the Navy Department pursuant to section 10, act of Congress, Public, No. 446, Sixty-ninth Congress, approved July 2, 1926, during fiscal year ended June 30, 1927

SECTION 1

[Purchases of designs, aircraft, aircraft parts, and aeronautical accessories for experimental purposes in the development of aircraft, aircraft parts, and aeronautical accessories of
the best kind for the Navy, pursuant to section 10 (k) of the act approved July 2, 1926]

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1 airplane F2B-1, land type...

1 metal propeller for Curtiss F6C airplane.

(5 carburetor air heaters.. (5 flexible exhaust pipes.

6 improved tension meters.

Demonstration of battleship fighter airplane.
Gas cell fabric...

Rubber coating of 3 metal propeller blades.
25 fuel pumps..
Pilot balloons.

1 set balance type ailerons for T3M-1 airplanes..

12 sets, emergency flotation gear for FB airplanes and drawings..
(2 sets, emergency flotation gear for FBC-3 airplanes and drawings
(4 parachutes seat type silk lobe type..
12 parachutes seat type cotton lobe type.
1 set of Heinrich radiators (2 radiators).

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Report of designs, aircraft, aircraft parts, and aeronautical accessories purchased by the Navy Department pursuant to section 10, act of Congress
Public No. 446, Sixty-ninth Congress, approved July 2, 1926, during fiscal year ended June 30, 1927-Continued

Schedule
No.

Requisition No.

Name and address of contractor

SECTION 1-Continued

Material

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General Electric Co., Schnectady, N. Y.
Chance Vought Corporation, Long Island City,
N. Y.
Johns Manville (Inc.), New York, N. Y.
General Electric Co., Schnectady, N. Y.
Wright Aeronautical Corporation, Paterson,
N. J.

Standard Steel Propeller Co., Pittsburgh, Pa..
Aircraft Devices Corporation, New York City,
N. Y.

T. R. Goodlatte & Sons (Inc.), Delawanna, N. J.
De Haviland Aircraft Co. (Ltd.), Edgeware,
Middlesex, England.

Italian Air Ministry, Rome, Italy.
Walter Kidde & Co. (Inc.), New York, N. Y..
Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation,
New York, N. Y.

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SECTION 2

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[Purchases of aircraft, aircraft parts, and aeronautical accessories for the Navy Department which have been constructed according to designs presented by an individual, firm, or
corporation prior to July 2, 1926, which designs have been reduced to practice and found to be suitable for the purpose intended or according to such designs with minor modi-
fications thereof, in accordance with section 10 (q) of the act approved July 2, 1926]

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Lubricators..
150 generators.

4 yielding elements for supporting wire ropes.

1 Eclipse hand starter for Curtiss V-1550 engine.
(200 Pratt & Whitney Wasp air-cooled aircraft engines.
Spare parts..

Drawings, specifications, parts list, bills of material, and material
specifications.

4 metal propellers.

(205 Wright Whirlwind J-5 air-cooled.

Paterson,Spare parts....

Healey Aeromarine Bus Co., Keyport, N. J.

Sets of detail and assembly drawings, specifications, parts list, bills of material.

Adapters for inertia starters.

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500.00
316.28

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