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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... Curtiss , who had already done much developmental work on the concept , doubled his efforts to find the key to water operations . By this time the Herring Curtiss Aircraft Company had gone into receiver- ship , and Curtiss had moved his ...
... Curtiss , who had already done much developmental work on the concept , doubled his efforts to find the key to water operations . By this time the Herring Curtiss Aircraft Company had gone into receiver- ship , and Curtiss had moved his ...
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... Curtiss aboard the latter's hydroaeroplane . ( Curtiss Museum ) him when he arrived , Curtiss took off from his base at North Island , and with- in minutes landed alongside the ship . The machine he used on this flight was a tractor ...
... Curtiss aboard the latter's hydroaeroplane . ( Curtiss Museum ) him when he arrived , Curtiss took off from his base at North Island , and with- in minutes landed alongside the ship . The machine he used on this flight was a tractor ...
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... Curtiss H - 16 Curtiss MF Curtiss HS - 2L Curtiss HS - 2L Boeing CL - 4S Boeing B - 1 Curtiss F - 5L St. Petersburg - Tampa Benoist Type XIV Airboat Line America Trans - Oceanic Curtiss HS - 2L ( A.T.O. ) Syd Chaplin Airline Aero , Ltd ...
... Curtiss H - 16 Curtiss MF Curtiss HS - 2L Curtiss HS - 2L Boeing CL - 4S Boeing B - 1 Curtiss F - 5L St. Petersburg - Tampa Benoist Type XIV Airboat Line America Trans - Oceanic Curtiss HS - 2L ( A.T.O. ) Syd Chaplin Airline Aero , Ltd ...
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CHAPTER THREE The Nancy Boats | 39 |
CHAPTER FOUR The Roaring Twenties | 59 |
CHAPTER EIGHT The Warboats | 141 |
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