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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... flown by Convair's C. E. Richbourg , exceeded Mach 1 during a test flight , and thus has the distinction of being the first seaplane to travel faster than the speed of sound . Unfortunately , on 4 November of that year , it exploded in ...
... flown by Convair's C. E. Richbourg , exceeded Mach 1 during a test flight , and thus has the distinction of being the first seaplane to travel faster than the speed of sound . Unfortunately , on 4 November of that year , it exploded in ...
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... flown 2 Duration of flight test program July 1955- November 1956 6 January 1958- August 1959 3 February 1959- August 1959 THE AMERICAN FLYING BOAT Source : Chief Project Pilot George A. Rooney . The data gleaned from the flight test ...
... flown 2 Duration of flight test program July 1955- November 1956 6 January 1958- August 1959 3 February 1959- August 1959 THE AMERICAN FLYING BOAT Source : Chief Project Pilot George A. Rooney . The data gleaned from the flight test ...
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... flown by a P - 5 in the combat zone was flown on 11 April 1967 , with Commander Seventh Fleet , Vice Admiral John Hyland , aboard . The last tactical patrol in the western Pacific was flown from Sangley Point by Commander H. E. Longino ...
... flown by a P - 5 in the combat zone was flown on 11 April 1967 , with Commander Seventh Fleet , Vice Admiral John Hyland , aboard . The last tactical patrol in the western Pacific was flown from Sangley Point by Commander H. E. Longino ...
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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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