Sikorsky VS-44 Flying Boat (Classic Aircraft in Profile, Volume 1)
Publisher: FLYING MACHINES PRESS
Published: January 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 74
ISBN-13: 9781891268021
Subjects: Air forces & warfare; Maritime history; Naval forces & warfare; Technology; Military - Aviation; History - Military / War; Science/Mathematics; Military Science; Technology / Military Science; History / Military / Aviation; History / Military / World War II
First sentence: In the early months of 1935 the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer) undertook an investigation to determine the feasibility of designing a seaplane or flying boat which would have much greater performance and range than the currently operational PBY Catalina.