China Clipper : The Age of the Great Flying Boats

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gandt, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seaplanes--History.

Local Subjects:

Seaplanes--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

China Clipper

Place of Publication:

: Naval Institute Press, 2013.

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 cutawa

Contents:

""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""; ""Index ""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781612514246

1612514243

OCLC:

858762288