When the Navy Took to the Air: The Experimental Seaplane Stations of the Royal Naval Air Service

by PhilipMacDougall (Author)

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  Paperback
  2017

  $22.49

  The untold story of the Royal Navy's experimental flying stations created in the First World War to perfect the aeroplane as a weapon of war. In establishing a number of advanced experimental units, the envelope of flight was pushed to the extreme, resulting in futuristic weapons, advanced aircraft and new approaches to gaining aerial victory.