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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... contract for five more PM - 1s , bringing the total number built to thirty . Toward the latter part of 1929 , the Keystone Aircraft Corporation was given a contract for eighteen PK - 1s , and the following spring , Martin was awarded a ...
... contract for five more PM - 1s , bringing the total number built to thirty . Toward the latter part of 1929 , the Keystone Aircraft Corporation was given a contract for eighteen PK - 1s , and the following spring , Martin was awarded a ...
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... contract , Fleet was buttonholing potential buyers and extolling the virtues of the commercial version , which was ... contract for the XP2Y - 1 , and shortly thereafter , on 7 July , it was granted a production contract for twenty ...
... contract , Fleet was buttonholing potential buyers and extolling the virtues of the commercial version , which was ... contract for the XP2Y - 1 , and shortly thereafter , on 7 July , it was granted a production contract for twenty ...
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... contract . Meanwhile , the last aircraft produced under the Navy's P2Y - 1 contract with Consolidated was modified by the substitution of R - 1820-88 Wright Cyclone engines , which were raised and faired into the leading edge of the ...
... contract . Meanwhile , the last aircraft produced under the Navy's P2Y - 1 contract with Consolidated was modified by the substitution of R - 1820-88 Wright Cyclone engines , which were raised and faired into the leading edge of 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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