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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... four - engine Handley - Page V / 1500 bomber . Undismayed by the fact that ... Nancy crews worked on their aircraft , while Towers anxiously pored over the ... Nancy Four to arrive . And so at about 1:00 P.M. the two remaining aircraft ...
... four - engine Handley - Page V / 1500 bomber . Undismayed by the fact that ... Nancy crews worked on their aircraft , while Towers anxiously pored over the ... Nancy Four to arrive . And so at about 1:00 P.M. the two remaining aircraft ...
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... Nancy Four , the fastest of the group , experienced some difficulty keeping position behind the lead aircraft , Nancy Three . This situation was made potentially hazardous by the fact that Nancy Three's running lights were not ...
... Nancy Four , the fastest of the group , experienced some difficulty keeping position behind the lead aircraft , Nancy Three . This situation was made potentially hazardous by the fact that Nancy Three's running lights were not ...
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... Nancy Three skipped twice like a flat stone on the wave crests , and then ploughed headlong into one of the big ... Four had soon out- distanced them . Like the others , this aircraft had an easy time of it during the night , with the station ...
... Nancy Three skipped twice like a flat stone on the wave crests , and then ploughed headlong into one of the big ... Four had soon out- distanced them . Like the others , this aircraft had an easy time of it during the night , with the station ...
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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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