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The flying boat is a unique form of aircraft, with the ability to operate from sea or river and, in amphibian form, from land too. Over a hundred types of British flying boat and amphibian were built during a forty year period from the days of the pioneer airmen to the advent of the jet engine. Early attempts at flying from water were sometimes fraught, but during the First World War the practical military flying boat was steadily developed, serving with the Royal Naval Air Service as an important component in the campaigns waged against the naval forces of Imperial Germany - particularly her U-Boats. The inter-war period witnessed the growth in prominence of civil flying boats as commercial air routes became established worldwide, notably by Britain's Imperial Airways. Light civilian flying boats were produced for use by private owners and modest operators, while the military flying boats of the RAF were many and varied. Throughout the Second World War the flying boat defended Britain's sea routes around the globe with great success, and British examples were also employed by many of the Allied nations. Yet after the war, the type faded from widespread use and, despite resistance from enthusiasts, by the mid-1950s they had all but disappeared. The British flying boat today evokes and great nostalgia and the few remaining examples are carefully preserved for future generations to share.
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Peter London has been a regular contributor to the aviation press for 15 years, his previous books include RNAS Culdrose (Sutton. 1999), U-Boat Hunters , Aviation in Cornwall and Saunders Aircraft Since 1917. He is a member of Air Britain and Cross and Cockade. and works for British Aerospace.
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- PublisherHaynes Pubns
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0750926953
- ISBN 13 9780750926959
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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