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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... fleet . The F - 5L had already proven itself to be a worthy replacement for the highly - regarded H - 16 in many ways . In April 1919 , an F - 5L based at NAS Hampton Roads , Virginia , and flown by Lieutenant H. B. Grow , had ...
... fleet . The F - 5L had already proven itself to be a worthy replacement for the highly - regarded H - 16 in many ways . In April 1919 , an F - 5L based at NAS Hampton Roads , Virginia , and flown by Lieutenant H. B. Grow , had ...
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... Fleet was a businessman well acquainted with the economic realities of aircraft manufacture long before he sold his first airplane . He was a prag- matist and a fierce competitor , in an age when competition took its deadly toll of ...
... Fleet was a businessman well acquainted with the economic realities of aircraft manufacture long before he sold his first airplane . He was a prag- matist and a fierce competitor , in an age when competition took its deadly toll of ...
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... Fleet recovered his half million dollar loss , and ultimately realized a $ 280,000 profit . Consolidated had not given up on the Navy , however , and Fleet immedi- ately began work on new ideas for an improved Navy flying boat using the ...
... Fleet recovered his half million dollar loss , and ultimately realized a $ 280,000 profit . Consolidated had not given up on the Navy , however , and Fleet immedi- ately began work on new ideas for an improved Navy flying boat using the ...
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