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Paperback The U.S. Navy-Curtiss Flying Boat Nc-4: An Account of the First Transatlantic Flight Book

ISBN: 1625450095

ISBN13: 9781625450098

The U.S. Navy-Curtiss Flying Boat Nc-4: An Account of the First Transatlantic Flight

When humans learned, in 1903, they could cruise over land in a heavier than air flying machine, they never dreamed of using an advanced model of the airplane as an instrument of war. The novelty of flying intrigued a young Glenn H. Curtiss-an inventor obsessed with speed.

In the decade before World War One, Curtiss a dedicated tinkerer developed speedy float planes and flying boats which came to the attention of the U.S. Navy. During the run-up...

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