TY  - BOOK
AU  - Workman,Robert B.
TI  - Float planes & flying boats: the U.S. Coast Guard and early naval aviation 
SN  - 9781612511078 (hbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - VG53 .W66 2012
U1  - 359.9/4097309041 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Annapolis, Md.
PB  - Naval Institute Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Coast Guard
KW  - Aviation
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Navy
KW  - Seaplanes
N1  - 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
ER  -