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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... bomb . As the laughing onlookers applauded , Curtiss ' workmen slid the Transatlantic Flyer into the waters of the ... pounds gross weight , considerably less than the estimated 5,000 pounds America would have to lift if it were to have ...
... bomb . As the laughing onlookers applauded , Curtiss ' workmen slid the Transatlantic Flyer into the waters of the ... pounds gross weight , considerably less than the estimated 5,000 pounds America would have to lift if it were to have ...
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... pound bombs or four 100 - pounders , and proved to be an effective combat aircraft . It was an H - 12 on 14 May 1917 which destroyed the German zeppelin L - 22 , thereby accounting for the first enemy flying machine ever to be shot down ...
... pound bombs or four 100 - pounders , and proved to be an effective combat aircraft . It was an H - 12 on 14 May 1917 which destroyed the German zeppelin L - 22 , thereby accounting for the first enemy flying machine ever to be shot down ...
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... pounds , and with a full fuel load , the aircraft could fly a distance of 4,500 miles . With a 4,000 - pound load of bombs and ammunition , its range was reduced to just over 3,000 miles . The XPBS - I was first flown on 13 August 1937 ...
... pounds , and with a full fuel load , the aircraft could fly a distance of 4,500 miles . With a 4,000 - pound load of bombs and ammunition , its range was reduced to just over 3,000 miles . The XPBS - I was first flown on 13 August 1937 ...
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