Bill Yenne - Seaplanes Of The World. A Timeless Collection From Aviation's Golden Age

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Seaplanes hold a special place in our memory of the wonderful aircraft of aviation’s golden age. Streamlined by necessity, they were magnificent and beautiful machines that caught and held the eye and the imagination. Their contributions to aviation history aside, the gleaming wood or metal hulls and art deco styling of the great seaplanes has made them enduring masterpieces of design and the applied arts.<br />When Henri Fabre flew the first seaplane in 1910, he opened up an exciting era in aviation, and one that flourished in the ensuing deacdes, as seaplanes gave early airline entrepreneurs an opportunity to provide scheduled air service to areas without airfields. The notion that “every lake is an airport,” became a popular marketing tool.<br />This magnificent album charts the course of seaplane history by providing concise overviews of its most important aircraft, from the early floatplanes through the great Supermarine and Macchi racers of the Schneider Cup era, to the great Pan American Airways Clippers that pioneered the air routes across the Atlantic and Pacific in the 1930s. World War II saw the advent of important military seaplanes from throughout the world, many of which are still flying today.<br />Generously illustrated with carefully selected color and black and white photographs, this book is a tribute to the pilots and designers whose contributions to art and science — as well as to history and folklore — are to be found in the story of the seaplanes of the world.