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The valiant crew of the record breaking Army monoplane, Question Mark, with their feet on the ground for the first time in seven days on Jan. 11, 1929. Location unknown. Left to right: Sgt. Roy Hooe, Lt. Elwood Quesada, Lt. Harry Halverson, Capt. Ira Eaker, and Major Carl Spatz. (AP Photo/CEK)
Maybe Roughwear (Andrew) can chime in. In the thread on Gary's new book, Roughwear notes that "the US War Dept. sourced all the hardware and leather for every A2 contract." So, were procurement agents supplying materials to manufacturers? If so, why certain materials (rust knits or specfic...
It seems to be fairly well accepted that the US government provided the various A-2 manufacturers with materials such as hides, hardware, etc.
If the govt supplied the materials, how did specific manufacturers' jackets exhibit certain characteristics. For example, why did Aero seem to be...