The American Flying Boat: An Illustrated HistoryNaval Institute Press, 1979 - 262 pagine First published in 1979, this fully illustrated study includes complete data on all of the Navy's flying boats since 1912. |
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... BOAC , and given the names Bristol , Berwick , and Bangor . Berwick had the honor of trans- porting Winston Churchill home from a meeting with Franklin Roosevelt in early 1942. The British Prime Minister even tried his hand at piloting ...
... BOAC , and given the names Bristol , Berwick , and Bangor . Berwick had the honor of trans- porting Winston Churchill home from a meeting with Franklin Roosevelt in early 1942. The British Prime Minister even tried his hand at piloting ...
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... ( BOAC ) and used as a transport between England and West Africa . American Export Airlines ordered a PBY - 4 aircraft in September 1938 , to use in an attempt to establish a second U.S. transoceanic airline to compete with Pan American ...
... ( BOAC ) and used as a transport between England and West Africa . American Export Airlines ordered a PBY - 4 aircraft in September 1938 , to use in an attempt to establish a second U.S. transoceanic airline to compete with Pan American ...
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... ( BOAC ) , 139 , 152 Brookley , Wendell , H. , 204 Buckeye , Aeromarine Cruiser , 67 Burgess flying boats : Model K , 12 Byrd , Richard E. , 46 , 52 , 56 , 205 Canadian Aeroplanes Limited , 36 Canadian Airways , 211 Carter , William E ...
... ( BOAC ) , 139 , 152 Brookley , Wendell , H. , 204 Buckeye , Aeromarine Cruiser , 67 Burgess flying boats : Model K , 12 Byrd , Richard E. , 46 , 52 , 56 , 205 Canadian Aeroplanes Limited , 36 Canadian Airways , 211 Carter , William E ...
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