If anyone's interested, I could use something for my timeline, "
Reach For the Skies" timeline. By 1900 (sic) the United States Aerospace Force has been inaugurated as a branch of the US Navy. The name is highly optimistic, and sign of the force's goals. It needs a symbol, preferably one that suggests that they WILL be navigating the cosmos.
In 1900, after 24 years of insane levels of research into many things, the USA has heavier than air flying machines and the navy wants an insignia that can be seen clearly as they go screaming along. Other nations are staggering into the air as well, and Uncle Sam is thinking ahead to a time when "warplane" isn't synonymous with "American."