NAVAL FLYING BOATS.
The large reconnaissance flying boats of the British and United States navies are airworthy and seaworthy craft, capable of cruising long distances without the support of surface vessels. Nevertheless a large flying boat with many guns may be 110 match in single combat for a small fighter, because the smaller machine is so fast and manoeuvrable. The best protection for the large and less manoeuvrable craft lies in being able to fire in every direction. The Blackburn Company of England has recently built a large all-metal boat equipped with three Rolls-Royce engines of over 600 h.p. each, in which an attempt has been made to give perfect fire range in the rear, where a largo plane is most vulnerable, by installing a gunner's cockpit in the extreme end of the hull, aft of the tail surfaces.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20656, 30 August 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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139NAVAL FLYING BOATS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20656, 30 August 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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