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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... assigned the formidable task of producing such an aircraft to two able officers with impressive credentials ... assignment , he had served on loan from the Navy as an instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology ( MIT ) ...
... assigned the formidable task of producing such an aircraft to two able officers with impressive credentials ... assignment , he had served on loan from the Navy as an instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology ( MIT ) ...
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... assigned responsibility for bringing the pro- ject to fruition . ( U.S. Navy ) No doubt the record flight buoyed the spirits of all those who had worked on the NCs , but the road ahead looked very uncertain . According to popular belief ...
... assigned responsibility for bringing the pro- ject to fruition . ( U.S. Navy ) No doubt the record flight buoyed the spirits of all those who had worked on the NCs , but the road ahead looked very uncertain . According to popular belief ...
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... assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps , and later went to Haiti . Another was attached to the air base at Pearl Harbor , and a third was assigned to VJ - 2S attached to USS Wright . None of the RS aircraft appear on the Navy inventory after ...
... assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps , and later went to Haiti . Another was attached to the air base at Pearl Harbor , and a third was assigned to VJ - 2S attached to USS Wright . None of the RS aircraft appear on the Navy inventory after ...
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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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