Have tried for years to get some recognition of Morehouse – tried to get a thread started on EAA’s vintage forum but no one was interested. Guess Morehouse is one of many unsung aviation pioneers who will be forgotten – especially since he was known as a engineer and not a pilot. Then again a rich businessman like William Piper gets all the praise – nothing against Piper – he spoke to a group of us freshman engineers at VA TECH in 1964. Use to have a book on Aeronca where Morehouse was very prominent. Guess we stand on tall shoulder of the true aviation pioneers.

According to Mr. Google he lived from 1894 to 1973. His lack of recognition may be the reason why he wrote a manuscript about other early aviation pioneers meant for publication but never was. Do a Google on his name as early aviation pioneer and you may be amazed at his accomplishments.

Seem like the most overbuilt US airplanes of the war were the P40, P39, and yes the P47. More were built than could be used by US and they were all built in NY. Probably for various reasons instead of just politics like I originally thought. Only Republic continued aircraft production after the war as maybe Bell and Curtiss had established a bad reputation by end of 1945.

I am a student of US history and think FDR was only second to Lincoln as president. But of course the times make the leader – Churchill was a failure until Hitler made him a great leader. I know the Truman commission shut down the Vultee attack aircraft line – no one wanted them. And they came close to shutting down the Martin B26 line – one a day in Tampa Bay. If the P47 was so great why is it the new U S Air force couldn’t wait to get rid of them as well as the B24, B26, P40, and P39. Where as the P51, AT6’s, F4U, PBY, B25, and even the B17 linger on for another 10 years or so. Maybe should had used East Coast instead of NY. As for the Solid South Roosevelt was tired of dealing with the Southern intransigency and had serious discussions with Willkie (yes the man he defeated in1940) about forming a new party excluding the South and the farm belt states. But Willkie died after a minor operation and Roosevelt became to frail.