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In 1930, airfields were a rarity. Aircraft companies, given the unreliability of internal combustion engines, primitive avionics, & unpredictable weather, believed that an airplane could carry its landing strip with it, if the field were water. The brief but brilliant age of flying boats was born.Frater, Alexander is the author of 'Flying Boats The J-Class Yachts of Aviation' with ISBN 9781574271218 and ISBN 1574271210.
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