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United States Patrol Aircraft 1910-1919: Curtiss NC, Curtiss HS, B Class Blimp, C Class Blimp, Dn-1, Felixstowe F5l(English)

United States Patrol Aircraft 1910-1919: Curtiss NC, Curtiss HS, B Class Blimp, C Class Blimp, Dn-1, Felixstowe F5l(English)

          
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Chapters: Curtiss Nc, Curtiss Hs, B Class Blimp, C Class Blimp, Dn-1, Felixstowe F5l. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Curtiss NC (Navy Curtiss, nicknamed "Nancy boat" or "Nancy") was a flying boat built by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company and used by the United States Navy from 1918 through the early 1920s. Ten of these aircraft were built, the most famous of which is the NC-4, the first airplane to make a transatlantic flight. The NC-4 is preserved in the National Museum of Naval Aviation, at NAS Pensacola, Florida. Schematic of flight path, showing 21 United States Navy destroyers along the way. NC-3 off the Azores, 1919. Manufacture of the "NCs" began in 1918 during World War I. The U.S. Navy wished for an aircraft capable of long ocean flights, both for Anti-submarine warfare patrol, and if possible with capability to fly across the Atlantic Ocean under their own power to avoid having to be shipped through ocean waters menaced by German submarines. This was very ambitious given the state of aviation at the time. The Navy and Curtiss came up with one of the largest biplane designs yet produced, equipped with sleeping quarters and a wireless transmitter/receiver. It was originally powered by three V12 Liberty engines, of 400 hp (298 kW) each; during the testing phase a fourth engine was added, arranged as three tractors and one pusher. Maximum speed was 90 mph (144 km/h) the estimated maximum range was 1,500 mi (2,400 km). On 4 October 1918, the first of these planes, the NC-1, made its first test flight with the early three-engine configuration. On 25 November, it flew again, with a world record 51 people on board. Armistice Day, signaling the end of the war in Europe, came before testing of the first NC and construction of the other ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=90721


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156877685
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 34
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Curtiss NC, Curtiss HS, B Class Blimp, C Class Blimp, Dn-1, Felixstowe F5l
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1156877687
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 64 gr


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