Empire Flying Boat Manual

Author : Brian Cassidy
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0857338625

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Empire Flying Boat Manual by Brian Cassidy Pdf

NEW IN PAPERBACK. The Short 'C' Class Empire flying boats were designed in 1934 to implement the Empire Air Mail Scheme. They were operated by Imperial Airways (forerunner of British Airways), QANTAS and Tasman Empire Airways, carrying letter mail throughout the British Empire and Dominions. Small numbers of passengers and freight were also carried. With privileged access to the British Airways Heritage Collection, author Brian Cassidy describes the genesis and anatomy of the Empire boats, their service career, operation and maintenance of the Empires, and the experience of travelling by flying boat in the 1930s.

Author : Brian Cassidy
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0857331582

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Empire Flying Boat Manual by Brian Cassidy Pdf

The Short C Class Empire flying boats were designed in 1934 to implement the Empire Air Mail Scheme, carrying un-surcharged letter mail throughout the British Empire and Dominions between the terminals at Southampton, Durban and Sydney – later continuing to Auckland, New Zealand. Some of the payload was also available for small numbers of passengers and freight. Short Brothers built forty-two – nearly forty-three – Empire flying boats at their works on the river Medway at Rochester in Kent. The 43rd was nearly three-quarters complete when it was scrapped. Sixteen of the original 42 Empires survived the war, to be broken up for scrap. The very last Empire ‘boat remained as a landlocked exhibit in Auckland until it, too, was hauled off for scrapping sometime in 1954.

Author : United States Navy
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781430321606

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PBY Catalina Flying Boat Pilot's Flight Operating Manual by United States Navy Pdf

Pilotens instruktionsbog (Flight Manual) for føring af det amerikanske amfibiefly fra 2. verdenskrig, Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina.

Author : Hughes Tool Company
Publisher : Periscope Film, LLC
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1935327704

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Hughes Flying Boat Manual by Hughes Tool Company Pdf

The legendary H-4 Hercules was designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Intended to defeat the German U-boat threat, the plane was intended to be a super transport that could ferry 750 troops from the USA to Europe, and serve as an aerial ambulance on the return flight. Owing to wartime restrictions on the use of aluminum, the prototype Hercules was built using laminated birch wood. Although company CEO Howard Hughes hated it, the name "Spruce Goose" was coined for the plane and it stuck. The Hercules would be the largest flying boat ever built, and one of history's largest and most expensive planes. Many questioned the practicality of the aircraft, and after the war ended and the project was roundly criticized as a boondoggle. To silence the critics, Howard Hughes decided to prove the plane could fly. On November 2, 1947 he and a crew of 21 conducted a series of taxi tests with the plane. On the last test, the plane became airborne for a brief time and flew just under two miles at an altitude of roughly 70 feet. It would never fly again, but Hughes had silenced his critics. This Hughes Flying Boat Manual was originally prepared for the U.S. Government's War Department, and made available through the Freedom of Information Act. It provides an overview of this massive plane's design and operation for the pilot and flight crew, and puts you right in the cockpit of one of history's great planes. Please note, because this document originated from an archival copy, legibility can vary.

Author : Phillip E. Sims
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783468836

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Adventurous Empires by Phillip E. Sims Pdf

This is a story from a bygone age recalling the most successful flying-boat airliner ever built. Designed to a specification for Imperial Airways, then Britains national airline, it carried passengers and, more importantly, mail throughout the British Empire. The airliner offered luxurious travel for the privileged few, every journey being an adventure shared by passengers and crew.Short Brothers built 42 Empires at their factory in Rochester during the late 1930s. Imperial Airways were expanding their network to the furthermost outposts of the British Empire, whilst laying down the principles of scheduled airline operation.This is the tale of the realization of a dream and the efforts of those who made it possible. During World War II, the military Sunderland version became an icon.

Author : Philip Macdougall
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Short Brothers by Philip Macdougall Pdf

Short Brothers was established in 1908, the first British aircraft manufacturer, with the company moving to Rochester during the early years of the First World War. At Rochester Shorts produced some of their most famous aircraft, beginning with a number of designs for the Royal Naval Air Service. During the inter-war years the company specialised in large flying boats, these undertaking pioneering flights while establishing a series of regular over water air routes operated by Imperial Airways. At Rochester the Company designed and manufactured the Stirling bomber and Sunderland flying boat. Short Brothers: the Rochester Years not only looks at the development of those aircraft, but is a fascinating account of the early years of long-distance aviation and the airmen that used the River Medway at Rochester as a launch pad for flights of hitherto undreamed of distances.

Author : Hughes Tool Company,War Department
Publisher : Periscope Film LLC
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 193532778X

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Hughes HK-1 (H-4) Flying Boat Manual by Hughes Tool Company,War Department Pdf

The legendary Hercules flying boat was designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Intended to defeat the German U-boat threat, the plane was intended to be a super transport that could ferry 750 troops from the USA to Europe, and serve as an aerial ambulance on the return flight. Owing to wartime restrictions on the use of aluminum, the prototype Hercules was built using laminated birch wood. Although company CEO Howard Hughes hated it, the name "Spruce Goose" was coined for the plane and it stuck. The HK-1 (later designated H-4) would be the largest flying boat ever built, and one of history's largest and most expensive planes. Many questioned the practicality of the aircraft, and after the war ended the project was roundly criticized as a boondoggle. Howard Hughes decided to prove the plane could fly. On November 2, 1947 he and a crew of 21 conducted a series of taxi tests with the plane. On the last test, the plane became airborne for a brief time and flew just under two miles at an altitude of roughly 70 feet. It would never fly again, but Hughes had silenced his critics. This Hughes Flying Boat Manual was originally prepared for the U.S. Government's War Department by the Hughes Tool Co., and made available through the Freedom of Information Act. It provides an overview of this massive plane's design and operation for the pilot and flight crew, and puts you right in the cockpit of one of history's great planes. Please note: because this document originated from an archival copy, legibility can vary and some images may be substandard.

Author : Brian Cassidy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0952929813

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Flying Empires by Brian Cassidy Pdf

Author : United States. Civil Aeronautics Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 910 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130641017

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Airline Manual by United States. Civil Aeronautics Board Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1943
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UCAL:B3245607

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War Department Technical Manual by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Department of the Army
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780359123834

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FM 30- 30 Aircraft Recognition Manual Supplement No. 6 by United States. Department of the Army Pdf

FM 30- 30 Aircraft Recognition Manual Supplement No. 6 1956-12"The Aircraft Recognition Manual covering air craft of the United States and Foreign Countries contains recognition information available on an unclassified basis.

Author : Robin Higham
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780857733344

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Speedbird by Robin Higham Pdf

Between 1939 and 1946 BOAC (the British Overseas Airways Corporation) was the nationalised airline of Great Britain - and between 1946 and 1974 as such it exclusively operated all long-haul British flights. With its iconic 'Speedbird' logo and its central role in the glamorous 'jet age' of the 1950s and 1960s, BOAC achieved a near cult-status with admirers around the globe. Yet, to date there has been no comprehensive history of the organisation, covering its structure, fleet and the role it played in the critical events of the age - from World War II to the end of empire, a period when BOAC played a pivotal part in projecting British political power, even as that power was waning. During World War II, BOAC operated a limited wartime service and prepared for the return of commercial flight in the postwar era. But it was in the service of Britain's colonies - and latterly the process of decolonisation - that BOAC achieved its most pivotal role. The development of flight technology enabled much faster connections between Britain and her imperial possessions - as the colonies prepared for independence BOAC ferried diplomats, politicians and colonial administrators between London and the far-flung corners of Africa and Asia in much faster times than had previously been possible. In this book, acclaimed historian Robin Higham presents a unique comprehensive study of BOAC from the early jet travel of the de Havilland Comet and the Vickers VC10 to the dawn of supersonic passenger aviation. Highly illustrated and meticulously researched using previously unseen sources, this book will be essential reading for all aviation enthusiasts and anyone interested in the history of modern Britain.

Author : Richard Knott
Publisher : Robert Hale
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0709087594

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Flying Boats of the Empire by Richard Knott Pdf

This is a fascinating account of the age of Empire flying boats, whose story began in July 1936 with a reassuringly trouble-free test flight on Kent's River Medway. Within ten years, however, this last word in luxury was to become redundant, spurned by the post-war age. The story is a dramatic and human one. It tells of slow, meandering flights across the Empire, swooping down on sun-warmed stretches of water for luncheon and tea. But it also describes misadventure and disaster, with flying boats crashing with unnerving regularity. The characters involved in the Empire's story demonstrate its breadth, they include: Winston Churchill; Terence Rattigan (the playwright); Sir John Reith (who chaired both the BBC and Imperial Airways); Don Bennett (the wartime Pathfinder); and the doomed Duke of Kent. The Empire's magnificent military sibling, the Sunderland, is also featured and the book illuminates some less well known areas of the war, for example, the Norwegian campaign of 1940 and Australia's "Pearl Harbor." Extensively researched--drawing on personal letters and diaries, government papers, contemporary newspapers, and archive material from Imperial Airways and its successors--this book reveals all about the Empire flying boat and the people who designed, flew, and traveled in them.

Author : Stéphane Nicolaou
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Seaplanes
ISBN : 9780760306215

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Flying Boats & Seaplanes by Stéphane Nicolaou Pdf

Beginning with races that were staged at elegant French resorts in the early part of the century, flying boats and seaplanes have played an integral part in aviation history. World War I spurred the development of these machines, and by the 1930s, flying boats and seaplanes had become pioneers in transcontinental flight. This photo-filled history recalls the role of flying boats and seaplanes in civil and military aviation history, and the enthusiasm of the engineers and pilots who are associated with their development. In addition to the golden years of hydraviation prior to World War II, author Nicolaou examines the decline of the seaplane, and its subsequent renaissance in nations that are today considered seaplane paradises. The saga is illustrated by more than 200 rare photographs uncovered in archives around the globe.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3258 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210023918707

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Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ... by Anonim Pdf