[ARC5] U.S. WW II equipment

[gordon white]

    A great deal of U.S. WW II equipment was privately developed, 
Aircraft Radio Corporation being a prime example. If you think about the 
status of the Air Corps in early 1933 when they were asked by FDR to fly 
the air mail in opencockpit biplanes in winter, and had a hard time 
finding Cleveland, while at the same time those terrible, "corrupt"  
private air lines were doing the same routes very well, you'll have an idea.

  - Gordon White