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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... Tankers Limited , for furnishing little- known information on the last two remaining Mars aircraft , and to Mr. George Bunker and Mr. Roy Calvin of the Martin Marietta Corporation , for opening the old Martin Company photographic ...
... Tankers Limited , for furnishing little- known information on the last two remaining Mars aircraft , and to Mr. George Bunker and Mr. Roy Calvin of the Martin Marietta Corporation , for opening the old Martin Company photographic ...
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... tanker made history when it refueled four Grumman F9F - 8 Cougars simultaneously in flight . On 18 October an R3Y - 1 made a record transit from Honolulu to Alameda , aver- aging 360 miles per hour for the 6 hour and 45 - minute flight ...
... tanker made history when it refueled four Grumman F9F - 8 Cougars simultaneously in flight . On 18 October an R3Y - 1 made a record transit from Honolulu to Alameda , aver- aging 360 miles per hour for the 6 hour and 45 - minute flight ...
Pagina 259
... Tankers Limited ( FIFT ) , 187 , 188 Francis , Albert , 205 Franklin engines , 229 French Frigate Shoal , 100 , 110 Fromentine ( France ) NAS , 36 Gallaudet Company , 74 , 75 Gannet , USS , 207 Gay , George , 166 Gehres , Leslie E ...
... Tankers Limited ( FIFT ) , 187 , 188 Francis , Albert , 205 Franklin engines , 229 French Frigate Shoal , 100 , 110 Fromentine ( France ) NAS , 36 Gallaudet Company , 74 , 75 Gannet , USS , 207 Gay , George , 166 Gehres , Leslie E ...
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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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