POOLING SCHEME
U.S. AIRCRAFT BUILDERS
FAMOUS Flil'lXG FORTRESS
■ I SAX FRANCISCO. June 30. A move said to be unprecedented • w«d m 7n Can industr y was taken last : iL e r e Lr arrangements for three • Pacific Coast aircraft manufacturers •to pool their facilities for the pro auction of a singe type of arnC . fo"rtres?" led Boeing B " 17E "<W I th* «? rding to the announcement of a ifU£?? r £ mme ' plants of th e Boeing &£^ ft *f om £ any at Seattle. Wash- ■ ington. the Douglas Aircraft Com- ? Io " ica ' CaliforniaSnd the Vega Airplane Companv at Burbank California, a subsidiary of ■ Lockheed, each will turn out "com- ! oletely assembled four - engined bombers identical even to the interchangeability of parts. Several other aircraft manu- , facturers will join in the programme ; through the leasing of sub-contracts . It. W 3S 53.10. t T JI e ste £- taken at the request of the \Var Department, is all part of the effort to produce bombers on an Gver-larger scale, and it is cited .by authorities as an outstanding ovamplo of the aircraft industry"s •nll-i.m ilevoti.m to national defence.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 165, 15 July 1941, Page 6
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