Note B — Chapter I · THE SIGNAL CORPS AVIATION SCHOOL AT SAN DIEGO

The National Advisory Committee for Aëronautics in its report of October 17, 1916, on Nomenclature for Aëronautics, the name airplane is substituted for “Any form of aircraft heavier than air which has wing surfaces for sustention, with stabilizing surfaces, rudders for steering, and power-plant for propulsion through the air.”