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* Fokker (American) – [http://www.aahs-online.org/resources/Fokker_Photos.pdf American Aviation Historical Society] (photographs)

* Folland – some with [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/Company-Papers/Guide-to-aircraft-industry-records-Version-4.pdf Royal Air Force Museum]

* Funk – destroyed in October 1954 Coffeyville, Kansas factory fire and unrelated flooding in Texas<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beach |first1=G. Dale |title=It's a Funk! |date=1985 |publisher=SunShine House |location=Terre Haute, Indiana |page=51 |edition=First |quote=One night in 1954, because of an apparent electrical short, the plant caught on fire. ... Most of the jigs, blue prints [sic], and stock were destroyed. ... By a strange coincidence, close to the same time that the fire struck the Funk plant, there was a huge storm in Texas that produced floods. All of the paperwork on the Funk was destroyed due to flooding. Since neither the government nor anyone else had the original drawings or even copies of them, all restoration of Funks are now down on a grandfather clause.}}</ref>

* Funk – destroyed in October 1954 Coffeyville, Kansas factory fire and unrelated flooding in Texas, some to Thomas McClish of Sharon, Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beach |first1=G. Dale |title=It's a Funk! |date=1985 |publisher=SunShine House |location=Terre Haute, Indiana |page=51 |edition=First |quote=One night in 1954, because of an apparent electrical short, the plant caught on fire. ... Most of the jigs, blue prints [sic], and stock were destroyed. ... Thomas McClish, from the Ohio-Pennsylvania border town of Sharon, Pennsylvania, came upon the scene. He was interested in the Funk and would like the manufacturing rights. Because of the dire need for money, they finally came to an agreement. The patents, manufacturing rights, remaining jigs, blue prints [sic] and stock were sold. ... By a strange coincidence, close to the same time that the fire struck the Funk plant, there was a huge storm in Texas that produced floods. All of the paperwork on the Funk was destroyed due to flooding. Since neither the government nor anyone else had the original drawings or even copies of them, all restoration of Funks are now down on a grandfather clause.}}</ref>

* Galludet – some with Neil Williams Ross, Ann Holst/Clouds Hill Victorian Museum ([http://smallstatebighistory.com/edson-f-gallaudet-a-rhode-island-aircraft-pioneer Ref])

* General Aircraft – some with [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/Company-Papers/Guide-to-aircraft-industry-records-Version-4.pdf Royal Air Force Museum]

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 * Fokker (American) – [http://www.aahs-online.org/resources/Fokker_Photos.pdf American Aviation Historical Society] (photographs)
 * Folland – some with [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/Company-Papers/Guide-to-aircraft-industry-records-Version-4.pdf Royal Air Force Museum]
-* Funk – destroyed in October 1954 Coffeyville, Kansas factory fire and unrelated flooding in Texas<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beach |first1=G. Dale |title=It's a Funk! |date=1985 |publisher=SunShine House |location=Terre Haute, Indiana |page=51 |edition=First |quote=One night in 1954, because of an apparent electrical short, the plant caught on fire. ... Most of the jigs, blue prints [sic], and stock were destroyed. ... By a strange coincidence, close to the same time that the fire struck the Funk plant, there was a huge storm in Texas that produced floods. All of the paperwork on the Funk was destroyed due to flooding. Since neither the government nor anyone else had the original drawings or even copies of them, all restoration of Funks are now down on a grandfather clause.}}</ref>
+* Funk – destroyed in October 1954 Coffeyville, Kansas factory fire and unrelated flooding in Texas, some to Thomas McClish of Sharon, Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beach |first1=G. Dale |title=It's a Funk! |date=1985 |publisher=SunShine House |location=Terre Haute, Indiana |page=51 |edition=First |quote=One night in 1954, because of an apparent electrical short, the plant caught on fire. ... Most of the jigs, blue prints [sic], and stock were destroyed. ... Thomas McClish, from the Ohio-Pennsylvania border town of Sharon, Pennsylvania, came upon the scene. He was interested in the Funk and would like the manufacturing rights. Because of the dire need for money, they finally came to an agreement. The patents, manufacturing rights, remaining jigs, blue prints [sic] and stock were sold. ... By a strange coincidence, close to the same time that the fire struck the Funk plant, there was a huge storm in Texas that produced floods. All of the paperwork on the Funk was destroyed due to flooding. Since neither the government nor anyone else had the original drawings or even copies of them, all restoration of Funks are now down on a grandfather clause.}}</ref>
 * Galludet – some with Neil Williams Ross, Ann Holst/Clouds Hill Victorian Museum ([http://smallstatebighistory.com/edson-f-gallaudet-a-rhode-island-aircraft-pioneer Ref])
 * General Aircraft – some with [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/Company-Papers/Guide-to-aircraft-industry-records-Version-4.pdf Royal Air Force Museum]