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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... Naval Air Stations ( NAS ) on French soil . Whiting obtained an agreement that as a beginning the U.S. Navy should establish a seaplane training station at Moutchic ... ( Naval Aviation Museum ) A Navy HS - 2L on patrol over European waters.
... Naval Air Stations ( NAS ) on French soil . Whiting obtained an agreement that as a beginning the U.S. Navy should establish a seaplane training station at Moutchic ... ( Naval Aviation Museum ) A Navy HS - 2L on patrol over European waters.
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... Naval aviation was greatly affected by the austere funding program . The number of naval air stations dwindled to six , while the large numbers of sur- plus aircraft still on hand from World War I provided Congress with a ready excuse ...
... Naval aviation was greatly affected by the austere funding program . The number of naval air stations dwindled to six , while the large numbers of sur- plus aircraft still on hand from World War I provided Congress with a ready excuse ...
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... Aviation Has Come A Long Way . " U.S. Coast Guard Magazine , August 1956 . Gunston , Bill . " The Mighty Mars . " Aeroplane Monthly , April 1976 . “ The Hall Aluminum Story . " Flying ... Naval Air Systems Command , History Office , Notes on.
... Aviation Has Come A Long Way . " U.S. Coast Guard Magazine , August 1956 . Gunston , Bill . " The Mighty Mars . " Aeroplane Monthly , April 1976 . “ The Hall Aluminum Story . " Flying ... Naval Air Systems Command , History Office , Notes on.
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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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