Hydroairplane

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Title (Dublin Core)

Hydroairplane

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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)

Title: How our naval falcons are unleashed
Caption 1: A hydroairplane at the moment of being launched from a cruiser: it rests upon a wooden car driven by compressed air power
Caption 2: This shows the track, fifteen feet above the deck of the ship, which serves for the launching of the hydroairplanes
Caption 3: At the end of the track the wooden car, which weighs about 400 pounds, drops into the water with a mighty splash, while the airplane lightly speeds on its way
Caption 4: The car is recovered by a waiting launch and towed back to the ship, to be hoisted aboard to be used again at the next start
Caption 5: Having completed its flight, the hydroairplane comes to rest in the lee of the ship and is once more hoisted aboard her

Language (Dublin Core)

eng

Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)

Date Issued (Dublin Core)

1918-05

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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)

649

Rights (Dublin Core)

Public domain

Source (Dublin Core)

Archived by (Dublin Core)

Filippo Valle

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