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. |
Dall'interno del libro
Risultati 1-3 di 43
Pagina 31
... fuel . Unfortunately , the drag of the windmilling prop re- sulted in an unacceptable fuel consumption rate , and it was estimated that in this configuration America would barely remain airborne until reaching the Azores , with no ...
... fuel . Unfortunately , the drag of the windmilling prop re- sulted in an unacceptable fuel consumption rate , and it was estimated that in this configuration America would barely remain airborne until reaching the Azores , with no ...
Pagina 82
... fuel consumption , about six gallons per hour more than had been anticipated . To further complicate matters , the ... fuel to spare . This would put him a little more than 200 miles from Maui , Hawaii . The PN - 9 would thus give a good ...
... fuel consumption , about six gallons per hour more than had been anticipated . To further complicate matters , the ... fuel to spare . This would put him a little more than 200 miles from Maui , Hawaii . The PN - 9 would thus give a good ...
Pagina 122
... fuel load . For example , a Commodore flying boat with 450 gallons of fuel could accommodate eighteen passengers and about 500 pounds of cargo , including baggage . With a full fuel load of 650 gallons , how- ever , the number of ...
... fuel load . For example , a Commodore flying boat with 450 gallons of fuel could accommodate eighteen passengers and about 500 pounds of cargo , including baggage . With a full fuel load of 650 gallons , how- ever , the number of ...
Sommario
CHAPTER THREE The Nancy Boats | 39 |
CHAPTER FOUR The Roaring Twenties | 59 |
CHAPTER EIGHT The Warboats | 141 |
Copyright | |
2 sezioni non visualizzate
Parole e frasi comuni
aboard Aeromarine airborne airline airplane Airways altitude AMERICAN FLYING BOAT amphibian Atlantic attack Azores became began bombs built cargo carrier Catalina Clipper Coast Guard Coco Solo commercial Company configuration Consolidated contract Corp crew cruising speed Curtiss Curtiss HS-2L delivered developed early enemy F-Boat feet Fleet flew flight flown force fuel Glenn Curtiss gross weight Grumman Hammondsport Hawaii horsepower Hughes hull inches Island Japanese June landing later Liberty engine Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant j.g. Loening machine Mars Martin Martin Company miles per hour monoplane mounted Nancy Four Naval Air Naval Aircraft Factory naval aviation Navy's NYRBA operations Pacific Pan American passengers Patrol Squadron Pearl Harbor pilot plane pounds Pratt and Whitney produced propeller prototype San Diego seaplane ships Sikorsky Sikorsky S-38 submarine tail taxied top speed torpedo transatlantic U.S. Coast U.S. Naval U.S. Navy weather wing wingspan World York