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China Clipper : the age of the great flying boats / Robert Gandt.

Title: China Clipper : the age of the great flying boats / Robert Gandt.
Author: Gandt, Robert L.
Publication: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press ; Newbury : Casemate [distributor], 2010.

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Description

xi, 214 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., map; 23 cm.

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History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Musick -- Curtiss and company -- Extended range -- Boats for hire -- Trippe -- NYRBA -- Sikorsky -- Teutonic Ambitions -- The Latins -- The Flying Forest -- The next step -- Pacific -- Wings of empire -- The French flair -- Martin -- China Clipper -- Orient Express -- Losses -- The right vehicle -- Boats of the Reich -- American Export Airlines -- Boeing -- War day -- In service -- Requiem for the big boats -- Dinosaurs and might-have-beens -- Appendix A: Line drawings -- Appendix B: Charts.

ISBN

9781591143031 (pbk.)
1591143039 (pbk.)

OCLC

956626720
SCSB-12143002

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Harvard Library