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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... produced other aircraft for the U.S. Navy , but in 1916 the Burgess organization was destined to become a division of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company . Even the Wright brothers , who had been engaged in a costly patent battle ...
... produced other aircraft for the U.S. Navy , but in 1916 the Burgess organization was destined to become a division of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company . Even the Wright brothers , who had been engaged in a costly patent battle ...
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... produced under the Navy's P2Y - 1 contract with Consolidated was modified by the substitution of R - 1820-88 Wright Cyclone engines , which were raised and faired into the leading edge of the upper wing as with the Martin XP2M . The ...
... produced under the Navy's P2Y - 1 contract with Consolidated was modified by the substitution of R - 1820-88 Wright Cyclone engines , which were raised and faired into the leading edge of the upper wing as with the Martin XP2M . The ...
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... produced the first practical powered amphibian aircraft , which he called the Triad because it was capable of operating from the land , the sea , and in the air . But the Triad was a float - plane , not a flying boat . Curtiss later ...
... produced the first practical powered amphibian aircraft , which he called the Triad because it was capable of operating from the land , the sea , and in the air . But the Triad was a float - plane , not a flying boat . Curtiss later ...
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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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