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1 online resource (265 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Preface: Why the Flying Boat?; 1. Musick; 2. Curtiss and Company; 3. Extended Range; 4. Boats for Hire; 5. Trippe; 6. NYRBA; 7. Sikorsky; 8. Teutonic Ambitions; 9. The Latins; 10. The Flying Forest; 11. The Next Step; 12. Pacific; 13. Wings of Empire; 14. The French Flair; 15. Martin; 16. China Clipper; 17. Orient Express; 18. Losses; 19. The Right Vehicle; 20. Boats of the Reich; 21. American Export Airlines; 22. Boeing; 23. War Day; 24. In Service; 25. Requiem for the Big Boats; 26. Dinosaurs and Might-Have-Beens; Appendix A: Line Drawings; Appendix B: Charts; Notes; Sources. |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
When the China Clipper shattered aviation records on its maiden six-day flight from California to the Orient in 1935, the flying boat became an instant celebrity. This lively history by Robert Gandt traces the development of the great flying boats as both a triumph of technology and a stirring human drama. He examines the political, military, and economic forces that drove its development and explains the aeronautical advances that made the aircraft possible. To fully document the story he includes interviews with flying boat pioneers and a dynamic collection of photographs, charts, and c. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Seaplanes -- History.
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Seaplanes. |
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History. |
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China Clipper (Airplane)
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China Clipper (Airplane) |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gandt, Robert. China Clipper : The Age of the Great Flying Boats. New York : Naval Institute Press, ©2013 9781591143031 |
| ISBN |
9781612514246 (electronic book) |
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1612514243 (electronic book) |
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