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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... Loading was some 30 pounds per square foot , about double that of most aircraft of its time ; it was not until the early 1940s that this wing - loading capability was surpassed . To add to the efficiency of the advanced airfoil , large ...
... Loading was some 30 pounds per square foot , about double that of most aircraft of its time ; it was not until the early 1940s that this wing - loading capability was surpassed . To add to the efficiency of the advanced airfoil , large ...
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... load was dependent on other factors . With maximum fuel , a minimum mail and cargo load , no passengers , and a cruising speed of 130 miles per hour , it had a range of 4,000 miles . This decreased to just over 3,000 miles with twelve ...
... load was dependent on other factors . With maximum fuel , a minimum mail and cargo load , no passengers , and a cruising speed of 130 miles per hour , it had a range of 4,000 miles . This decreased to just over 3,000 miles with twelve ...
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... 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 , and , although it was con ...
... 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 , and , although it was con ...
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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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