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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... machine operated by a human being had ever traveled so fast . No motor- cycle would do so again for more than two decades . This record - setting feat brought him national acclaim as " the fastest man on earth . " In conjunction with ...
... machine operated by a human being had ever traveled so fast . No motor- cycle would do so again for more than two decades . This record - setting feat brought him national acclaim as " the fastest man on earth . " In conjunction with ...
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... machine , which he called the Hydravion , however , he used a more powerful new Gnome rotary engine , which he mounted at the rear of the air- craft to power a pusher propeller . The wings were also positioned in the extreme rear . The ...
... machine , which he called the Hydravion , however , he used a more powerful new Gnome rotary engine , which he mounted at the rear of the air- craft to power a pusher propeller . The wings were also positioned in the extreme rear . The ...
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... machine gun , the first of its kind to be mounted in an American aircraft . It had another 50 - caliber machine gun in a nose turret , and two 30 - caliber guns in waist positions . The XPBS - 1 was pow- ered by four Pratt and Whitney ...
... machine gun , the first of its kind to be mounted in an American aircraft . It had another 50 - caliber machine gun in a nose turret , and two 30 - caliber guns in waist positions . The XPBS - 1 was pow- ered by four Pratt and Whitney ...
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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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