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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... airplane and warship might compliment each other's capabilities did not find immediate acceptance . It was the flying boat which first demonstrated the feasibility of the concept , and made naval aviation a working reality . Moreover ...
... airplane and warship might compliment each other's capabilities did not find immediate acceptance . It was the flying boat which first demonstrated the feasibility of the concept , and made naval aviation a working reality . Moreover ...
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An Illustrated History Richard C. Knott. 202 THE AMERICAN FLYING BOAT THE AMPHIBIAN FLYING BOAT is a unique breed , with its own distinctive person- ality and idiosyncrasies . It is and always has been a distinct engineering chal- lenge ...
An Illustrated History Richard C. Knott. 202 THE AMERICAN FLYING BOAT THE AMPHIBIAN FLYING BOAT is a unique breed , with its own distinctive person- ality and idiosyncrasies . It is and always has been a distinct engineering chal- lenge ...
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... flying boats : XLRG - 1 flying glider - boat , 151 Ainsworth , H. S. , 247 Air France , 116 Air Transport Command , RAF , 145 Air Yacht ( Hall ) , 87 See also Loening flying boats Alameda ( California ) NAS , 149 , 184-86 , 192 Aleutian ...
... flying boats : XLRG - 1 flying glider - boat , 151 Ainsworth , H. S. , 247 Air France , 116 Air Transport Command , RAF , 145 Air Yacht ( Hall ) , 87 See also Loening flying boats Alameda ( California ) NAS , 149 , 184-86 , 192 Aleutian ...
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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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