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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... commercial carriers , all operated flying boats , and nine did so exclusively . * In the spring of 1919 , Syd Chaplin , half brother of the famous comedian , began operating a Curtiss MF flying boat between San Pedro , California , and ...
... commercial carriers , all operated flying boats , and nine did so exclusively . * In the spring of 1919 , Syd Chaplin , half brother of the famous comedian , began operating a Curtiss MF flying boat between San Pedro , California , and ...
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... commercial aviation a going concern . For the most part , people still believed that flying was inherently dangerous , and that aviators were possessed of overactive adrenal glands and underactive thought processes . There was no ...
... commercial aviation a going concern . For the most part , people still believed that flying was inherently dangerous , and that aviators were possessed of overactive adrenal glands and underactive thought processes . There was no ...
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... commercial conversion of the Goose by McKinnon Enter- prises of Sandy , Oregon , featured four 340 - horsepower Lycoming engines , and had a cruising speed of 225 miles per hour . Another Grumman design intended for the commercial ...
... commercial conversion of the Goose by McKinnon Enter- prises of Sandy , Oregon , featured four 340 - horsepower Lycoming engines , and had a cruising speed of 225 miles per hour . Another Grumman design intended for the commercial ...
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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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