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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... operations . By this time the Herring Curtiss Aircraft Company had gone into receiver- ship , and Curtiss had moved his winter flying operation to North Island at San Diego , California , where the weather was nearly optimum for his ...
... operations . By this time the Herring Curtiss Aircraft Company had gone into receiver- ship , and Curtiss had moved his winter flying operation to North Island at San Diego , California , where the weather was nearly optimum for his ...
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... operation on Long Island , New York , and at West Palm Beach , Florida , from which he hoped to begin commercial airline service after the war . Shortly after hostilities ceased , A.T.O. went into operation with Curtiss HS - 2L and H ...
... operation on Long Island , New York , and at West Palm Beach , Florida , from which he hoped to begin commercial airline service after the war . Shortly after hostilities ceased , A.T.O. went into operation with Curtiss HS - 2L and H ...
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... operation migrated to Florida , and joined with A.T.O. to satisfy the newly - developed demand for airline service to the Ba- hamas . Florida West Indies Airways Incorporated also began its operation flying Curtiss HS - 2Ls between ...
... operation migrated to Florida , and joined with A.T.O. to satisfy the newly - developed demand for airline service to the Ba- hamas . Florida West Indies Airways Incorporated also began its operation flying Curtiss HS - 2Ls between ...
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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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