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Catapult Aircraft: Seaplanes that Flew from Ships Without Flight Decks
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Light lean to spine. Slight wave to page edges. Otherwise very good.”
- Item Weight
- 670
- ISBN
- 9781844154197
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Catapult Aircraft: Seaplanes That Flew from Ships without Flight Decks
- Item Height
- 234 mm
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books LTD
- Subject
- Government
- Item Width
- 156 mm
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Product Information
During World War I, the navies of the opposing forces discovered the value of aerial reconnaissance and many experiments were made to allow larger warships to carry one or sometimes two aircraft aboard. In the early days these were float planes that were lowered by crane into the sea and then lifted back aboard upon their return. This was a lengthy affair and when a speedy departure was necessary, time was of the essence. A new system was devised so that a powerful catapult system and a short ramp could, with the added speed of the ship, get an aircraft airborne in a fraction of the time previously required. Thus was born a highly specialised type of aircraft. This book includes all the major designs that went to war in the First and Second World Wars and includes aircraft used by all the combatants. It looks at how the aircraft evolved and how the warships were modified to accommodate the aircraft and the catapult system. The use of these fixed-wing aircraft was abandoned when the invention of the helicopter was made in the early post WW II years. AUTHOR: Leo Marriott has written over thirty books on naval and aviation history including Treaty Cruisers published by Pen & Sword. He lives in Somerset and is a keen yachtsman who sails from the River Dart in Devon.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books LTD
ISBN-13
9781844154197
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92009841
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2006
Subject
Government
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Catapult Aircraft: Seaplanes That Flew from Ships without Flight Decks
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
234 mm
Item Width
156 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Topic
Aircraft
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