Float planes & flying boats : the U.S. Coast Guard and early naval aviation /
Workman, Robert B.
Float planes & flying boats : the U.S. Coast Guard and early naval aviation / Capt. Robert B. Workman Jr. - Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2012. - xx, 322 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Emergence of naval aviation -- Naval aviation conception and birth: 1898-1912 -- Development and growth: 1913-1919 -- First transatlantic flight NC flying boats--design and assembly: 1918 -- First transatlantic flight NC flying boats shakedown: 1918-1919 -- First transatlantic flight: 1919 -- Evolving the naval aviation test organization: 1913-1926 -- Marine Corps aviation and Coast Guard aviation develop to support their service missions: 1917-1938 -- Catapults and aircraft carriers: 1917-1926 -- Years of technical advancement and growth: 1930-1935 -- A new Treasury Secretary expands aviation missions: 1934-1938 -- Appendices -- A. Time line of events (1776-1938) -- B. Technology inspired by the first transatlantic flight: 1919-1938 -- C. List of acronyms, abbreviations, and rank structures -- Photographs and document credits.
9781612511078 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2012014683
United States. Coast Guard --Aviation--History--20th century.
United States. Navy --Aviation--History--20th century.
Seaplanes--History--United States--20th century.
VG53 / .W66 2012
359.9/4097309041
Float planes & flying boats : the U.S. Coast Guard and early naval aviation / Capt. Robert B. Workman Jr. - Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2012. - xx, 322 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Emergence of naval aviation -- Naval aviation conception and birth: 1898-1912 -- Development and growth: 1913-1919 -- First transatlantic flight NC flying boats--design and assembly: 1918 -- First transatlantic flight NC flying boats shakedown: 1918-1919 -- First transatlantic flight: 1919 -- Evolving the naval aviation test organization: 1913-1926 -- Marine Corps aviation and Coast Guard aviation develop to support their service missions: 1917-1938 -- Catapults and aircraft carriers: 1917-1926 -- Years of technical advancement and growth: 1930-1935 -- A new Treasury Secretary expands aviation missions: 1934-1938 -- Appendices -- A. Time line of events (1776-1938) -- B. Technology inspired by the first transatlantic flight: 1919-1938 -- C. List of acronyms, abbreviations, and rank structures -- Photographs and document credits.
9781612511078 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2012014683
United States. Coast Guard --Aviation--History--20th century.
United States. Navy --Aviation--History--20th century.
Seaplanes--History--United States--20th century.
VG53 / .W66 2012
359.9/4097309041