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Summary Any advancement in aviation was crawling before the United States thought of engaging in World War II The Wright brothers first attempted powered flight in 1903 which didn’t spark a large interest in the public for commercial aviation Commercial aviation really started to come around during the engagement of WWI because the government and military saw a use for airplanes in order to complete the complicated and demanding mission in support of the war efforts As WWI came to a close the commercial aviation industry nearly bankrupt itself due to a surplus of airplanes produced during the war With America s involvement in WWII the commercial aviation industry would change when the need for bigger and better technology was exhibited II Problem Early on in the century the American aviation industry did not have the advancements in technology that other countries in Asia and Europe had Allied forces flew biplanes with piston engines which gave them no air superiority due to the Germans having advanced fighter planes and bombers III Significance of the Problem As WWII slowly started to become a reality President Roosevelt orders the production of aircraft that would be used by the military in support of both US and Allied troops across the Atlantic By 1940 the production of aircraft was less than 6 000 compared to the 95 000 that were being produced by 1944
