I voted US but only because of Kaiser Bill's secret plan to attack NYC area in 1910. It would be like '300'-"THIS IS THE BIG APPLE!"
LoL! You might be on to something there! That Kaiser Bill, you gotta watch out for him...
DANGER UXO has a good idea with the US army/navy rivalry. I'd like to see the Signal Corps create a seperate air arm for Leviathans so officers and ratings can transfer from all branches into it. We could have a SkyGuard AeroForce. The aerial fleets will carry over some traditions but in the long run will develop some of their own along with nomenclature and slang/idioms. Scoutplanes for sure but no squadrons for quite a while. Quad Maxims and 1pdr QF on a stable platform could wreak havoc on a Flying Circus. Easy to spot submersibles from the air so their development can be affected. I'd like to see Great Civilian Levaithans like the Titanic. The rich will want theirs. Either way, I'l be buying every fleet.
Thanks! You're idea for the Signal Corps to create or serve as the basis for a seperate service is pretty much directly in line with my thinking. I like the idea for the Os and ratings from the different branches coming in, probably because they have all sorts of crazy ideas that don't quite fit in with the thinking in the "real" services. Also I think you're pretty spot on as far as the use/development of airplanes goes, I wouldn't expect to see any serious consideration given to attack/fighter aircraft until you start to see monoplanes designs with metal skins and nice, powerful engines (around the early to mid thirties IRL, but the technological advances in the Lev's universe might come faster or slower, guess we'll see). Of course once you see those, a Lev carrier isn't far behind...