Us Navy Floatplanes In Action Al Adcock by Al Adcock 9780897475068, 0897475062 instant download after payment.

Before the advent of radar and other electronic devices aboard warships, the jobs of seeking out the enemy and spotting naval gunfire fell to the floatplane scouts. These small single- and two-seat catapult-launched aircraft served aboard US Navy ships as the eyes of the fleet until mid-1949. Most battleships carried up to four floatplanes; cruisers with aircraft hangars could accommodate as many as eight aircraft; and destroyers, when applicable (i.e. ultimately only for experimental purposes), were limited to only one floatplane. Curtiss-Wright was the designer of three of the four types of scout planes that served aboard US warships in WWII, a tribute to the American aviation pioneer and father of the US floatplane, Glenn Curtiss. Chance-Vought and the Naval Aircraft Factory also produced floatplanes that served the US Navy in WWII. All get detailed coverage in this volume. Illustrated with more than 106 photographs, thirteen full-color paintings, plus detailed line drawings