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ENGLISH, AND FOREIGN AMATEURS NEED TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND NATIVE ENGLISH
SPEAKERS OR OTHER NON NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH CORRECTLY.  FROM ITS
INCEPTION, THE RESEARCH WAS INTENDED TO HELP BOTH INTERNATIONAL CIVIL
AVIATION AND THE US MILITARY AVIATION.  THE RESEARCH PROJECT, WHICH WAS
CARRIED ON AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, WAS TASKED TO COORDINATE WITH, AND
REPORT TO, THE ICAO AND THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION CAA THE
PREDECESSOR TO THE FAA.  ALTHOUGH THE ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE AN IMPROVED SYSTEM
STARTED OUT WITH THE US MILITARY SYSTEM AS A STARTING TEMPLATE, ONLY FOUR
LETTERS, C CHARLIE, M MIKE, V VICTOR, AND X X RAY, SURVIVED BY THE TIME
ICAO ADOPTED THE FINAL NEW SYSTEM IN 1956.  ADAPTIVE ENUNCIATION  THE
FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE INTERESTING, AND IMPORTANT, FINDINGS AND
RESULTANT MODIFICATIONS/CHANGES INCORPORATED IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM YOU MAY
HAVE NOTICED TWO NON STANDARD ENGLISH SPELLINGS IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM ALFA
AND JULIETT, INSTEAD OF ALPHA AND JULIET, AS NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS
NORMALLY SPELL THEM.  THEY ARE INTENTIONAL MODIFICATIONS.  THE RESEARCH
DISCOVERED, CONFIRMING WHAT HAD BEEN NOTICED FROM EXPERIENCE BY AVIATORS
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