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Genre/Form: | History Nonfiction |
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Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
James Trautman |
ISBN: | 9781550464764 1550464760 9781554078943 1554078946 |
OCLC Number: | 126085025 |
Description: | 272 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, map, portraits ; 29 cm |
Contents: | The history of the Pan American Clipper flying boats, 1931-1946 -- The Pan American Clippers -- Plotting the air routes -- The first transpacific flight -- Constructing the bases -- The mysterious disappearances of Amelia Earhart, Fred Noonan, and Captain Edwin C. Musick -- The mystery of the Hawaii Clipper -- World War II and the Clipper's exploits -- The magic of the Pan American Clippers -- Overnight to Hawaii and onward to Wake Island -- Performance data on the Sikorsky, Martin, and Boeing flying boats -- Pan American Airways flying boats -- Pan American Clipper accidents -- Pan American early firsts -- Remembering the Pan American Clippers -- USS Avocet (AVP-4) -- The legacy of the Pan American aiports -- Other flights -- Requiem for the Clipper. |
Responsibility: | James Trautman. |
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Abstract:
A celebration of the Pan American flying boats and their effect on the history of international travel.
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