EYES OF THE FLEET.—-Here are two amphibian 'planes housed with folded wings on the deck of a big British cruiser. The machines are instantly accessible and capable of taking off within a few minutes when required. From the decks of a cruiser the aircraft is invariably catapulted, and when returning to its parent ship floats alongside the cruiser and is then hauled aboard by derrick.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 April 1940, Page 6
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65EYES OF THE FLEET.—-Here are two amphibian 'planes housed with folded wings on the deck of a big British cruiser. The machines are instantly accessible and capable of taking off within a few minutes when required. From the decks of a cruiser the aircraft is invariably catapulted, and when returning to its parent ship floats alongside the cruiser and is then hauled aboard by derrick. Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 April 1940, Page 6
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