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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... nacelles . Each nacelle housed three Liberty twelve - cylinder engines , and these transmitted power through clutches , pinions , and a single shaft to a mammoth propeller having an arc 18 feet in diameter . The hull was 65 feet long ...
... nacelles . Each nacelle housed three Liberty twelve - cylinder engines , and these transmitted power through clutches , pinions , and a single shaft to a mammoth propeller having an arc 18 feet in diameter . The hull was 65 feet long ...
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An Illustrated History Richard C. Knott. A single nacelle of the Navy's GB - 1 Giant Boat housed three Liberty twelve ... nacelles completed by Gallaudet were shipped to the Naval Aircraft Factory for safe- keeping . Nineteen twenty - one ...
An Illustrated History Richard C. Knott. A single nacelle of the Navy's GB - 1 Giant Boat housed three Liberty twelve ... nacelles completed by Gallaudet were shipped to the Naval Aircraft Factory for safe- keeping . Nineteen twenty - one ...
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... nacelles were hinged for easy access ] and it could be fully rearmed [ mines were loaded through an overhead hatch in the mine compartment ] and refueled on the water . It utilized a taxi - in beaching gear concept , which enabled the ...
... nacelles were hinged for easy access ] and it could be fully rearmed [ mines were loaded through an overhead hatch in the mine compartment ] and refueled on the water . It utilized a taxi - in beaching gear concept , which enabled the ...
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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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