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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... Sikorsky S - 38 sesquiplane amphibian . The S - 38 was clearly not designed with an eye toward aesthetics . Its fuse- lage had a long banana - shaped nose , and the blunt aft end looked as though the hard - pressed Sikorsky firm had run ...
... Sikorsky S - 38 sesquiplane amphibian . The S - 38 was clearly not designed with an eye toward aesthetics . Its fuse- lage had a long banana - shaped nose , and the blunt aft end looked as though the hard - pressed Sikorsky firm had run ...
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... Sikorsky S - 38 . deleted from the Navy inventory , and the two XPS - 2s became XRS - 2s , the XPS - 35 became XRS - 3s , and three Sikorsky model S - 41s ordered that same year became RS - IS . Although used by the Navy , the Sikorsky S - ...
... Sikorsky S - 38 . deleted from the Navy inventory , and the two XPS - 2s became XRS - 2s , the XPS - 35 became XRS - 3s , and three Sikorsky model S - 41s ordered that same year became RS - IS . Although used by the Navy , the Sikorsky S - ...
Pagina 214
... S - 38 Osa's Ark . Later it ac- companied Johnson on an expedition to Borneo . It survived until November 1942 , when it was lost after an open sea landing in the Gulf of Mexico , made in an attempt to rescue two downed aviators . The ...
... S - 38 Osa's Ark . Later it ac- companied Johnson on an expedition to Borneo . It survived until November 1942 , when it was lost after an open sea landing in the Gulf of Mexico , made in an attempt to rescue two downed aviators . The ...
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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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