Consolidated Aircraft started out by building training aircraft.
They included licences for gun silencers, weapons sights, rifles, artillery and components for military training aircraft.
"Our response," he said, "has been to try to sell India 16 Hawk fighter training aircraft".
The contract is for the delivery of 12 Typhoon and eight Hawk training aircraft from 2017 onwards.
Attempts by the authorities to restrict women to biplane and training aircraft deliveries had collapsed by summer 1941.
Although the Hawk is primarily a training aircraft, it can also be used in a ground attack role.
General aviation covers crop dusters, corporate jets, single-engine training aircraft and cargo aircraft, among other things.
Oman is expected to order 12 of the fighters, worth £2.5bn, and eight Hawk 128 training aircraft from BAE Systems.
Mr. Frasca says that most collectible World War II aircraft cost $1 million to $2 million, while lower-end training aircraft can run $100,000 to $500,000.
Special licences were also approved for the sale to Israel of components for military training aircraft, naval radars, naval communications equipment, and optical sensors for unmanned air vehicles.
More precisely, the plane is a Dornier Alpha Jet, a light attack and training aircraft made by a French-German joint venture.
