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Speed Machines
Part of this Channel 4 science site looks at the history of the flying boats.
Aero Book Company
www.aerobookcompany.com/
menu-page.html
Aviation book specialists who offer a worldwide mail order service.
Flights of Inspiration
www.fi.edu/flights/index.html
Good resource from the Science Museum in London and the Franklyn Institute. There's information on the first powered flight, the first non-stop transatlantic flight and an opportunity to design a model aircraft online.
Flying Boats
http://airlines.afriqonline.com/
features/flyboats.htm
A linear history of flying boats, with excellent photographs.
Flying Boat Book Listing
www.seawings.co.uk/bookspage.htm
Comprehensive list of books on the subject. Some will be out of print, but many will be available from libraries and second-hand book shops.
Flying Boat Websites
www.seawings.co.uk/links.htm
Lists a selection of the most useful flying boat and scale modelling websites.
Journey of the NC-4
http://history1900s.about.com/library/
prm/bljourneyofnc4_1.htm
Article about the competition to fly the first transatlantic flying boat across the Atlantic.
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon
www.rafmuseum.org/hendon/
Type 'Sunderland' in to the search box and read about this flying boat operated by the RAF in June 1938 and the first British flying boat to have power-operated gun turrets as part of its defensive armament. A Sunderland is currently housed in this museum.
Sea Wings
www.seawings.co.uk
Flying boat website with articles, photo gallery and tons of information for the enthusiast.
Watson's World War Two Aircraft Museum
http://wmilitary.neurok.ru/
wwiiflyingboats.html
Excellent drawings and photographs of flying boats from around the world, including the Short Sunderland from Great Britain.
205/209 Squadron Sunderlands Seletar
http://community.webshots.com/
album/42842142IYJMHQ
Photographs of the last of the flying boat squadron in the RAF. Can be viewed as a slideshow.
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Adventurous Empires: The story of the Short Empire flying boats by Phillip E Sims (Crowood Press, 2000)
Recalls the most successful flying boat airliner ever built. Accompanied by black and white photographs.
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British Flying Boats by Peter London (Sutton Publishing, 2003)
Covers the design, development and operations of every British flying boat ever built, with a set of pictures to accompany each boat. Considered the definitive work on the subject.
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China Clipper: Age of the great flying boats by Robert L Gandt (Naval Institute Press, 1991)
A history of the boats, their builders and operators, with an emphasis on the most famous Pan American's Pacific flyers.
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Flying Boats: The J-class yachts of aviation by Ian Marshall (Spellmount Publishers, 2002)
Throughout the 1920s and 30s, airfields were still a rarity in most parts of the world and if you wanted to fly abroad you were wise to use an airplane that could land on water. Pan American and Imperial Airways were the pioneers of the brief but heady age of flying boats.
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The Wright Brothers: The aviation pioneers who changed the world by Ian Mackersey (Little Brown, 2003)
Charts the progress of the two bicycle mechanics that changed the world with the Kitty Hawk in December 1903.
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The Sunderland: Flying-boat queen by John Evans (Paterchurch Publications, 1993)
Fully illustrated, this volume traces the story of the 'Queen', from her biplane forebears to the last flying example. Available from the publishers, Paterchurch |
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