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Catapult Aircraft: Seaplanes That Flew From Ships Without Flight Decks by [Leo Marriott]

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During World War I, the navies of the opposing forces discovered the value of aerial reconnaissance and many experiments were made to allow larger warships to carry one or sometimes two aircraft aboard. In the early days these were float planes that were lowered by crane into the sea and then lifted back aboard upon their return. This was a lengthy affair and when a speedy departure was necessary, time was of the essence. A new system was devised so that a powerful catapult system and a short ramp could, with the added speed of the ship, get an aircraft airborne in a fraction of the time previously required. Thus was born a highly specialised type of aircraft. This book includes all the major designs that went to war in the First and Second World Wars and includes aircraft used by all the combatants. It looks at how the aircraft evolved and how the warships were modified to accommodate the aircraft and the catapult system. The use of these fixed-wing aircraft was abandoned when the invention of the helicopter was made in the early post WW II years.

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Pen & Sword Maritime
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September 21, 2006
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Leo Marriott has written numerous books on aviation, naval and military subjects including Treaty Cruisers, Catapult Aircraft, Jets at Sea and Early Jet Fighters: British and American 1944-1954. He is now retired after a fifty-year career as an air traffic controller but still maintains his pilot’s licence flying a syndicate-owned Cessna 172. Apart from aviation and naval history, his other interests include sailing, photography and painting. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00L6Z991Y
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Maritime (September 21, 2006)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 21, 2006
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 39582 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 282 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #973,275 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #985 in World War I History (Kindle Store)
- #1,220 in Military Aviation History (Kindle Store)
- #2,940 in World War I History (Books)

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John Fornshell

Seaplanes

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2014

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This is a concise history of the development of catapult launched seaplane in use by the major navies of the world during the period when these aircraft were in use. It covers many aircraft types not generally covered in aviation histories. I enjoyed it in part because I own an amphibian and enjoy flying in it very much.

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Joseph E Lyons

This slim book does a good job at examining why these airplanes went to sea

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2014

Aircraft and aircraft carriers that operated them from flight decks are well documented. This book looks at the little-known seaplanes that flew (and returned) to battleships and cruisers that had no flight deck. This era began in WW I and lasted until 1949. All major navies did this and the book looks at them all. This slim book does a good job at examining why these airplanes went to sea, their war record, the impact on ship design to accommodate them.

An indispensable book for those into this subject

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Michael Plaskett

Book mostly lacking in detail.

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2014

This is a nice book but it gives you very little detail about the planes and the way they were constructed, and practically nothing on how the catapults were constructed and how they functioned. Some nice photos of the planes, though.

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Fréd04

An enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2011

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This book is an excellent summary of the catapult aircraft history from the beginning to WW2 (aircraft launched from warship catapults, not aircraft carrier ones). The author has covered the UK, US, Italy, Germany, France, Japan developments in specific chapters, and covered other nations under a final chapter. Good black and white pictures are available throughout.

Only four stars because I would have liked to see:
- more technical details on catapult mechanisms and technologies (e.g., drawings, table comparing capacities/speeds).
- detailed drawings of flying platforms and catapults on warships.

but I would certainly recommend this book as it is an easy read.

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飛行少年

飛行機の発達史

Reviewed in Japan on December 8, 2007

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　カタパルトから発信する飛行機の概説書と言えます。先月（１月号）の「航空ファン」のレビューに掲載されています。また、記憶ですが「エアー・インターナショナル」の書評ページかに掲載されていたかな。さて、内容は副題の「THE STORY OF SEAPLANE FLOWN FROM BATTLESHIP,CRUISERS AND OTHER WARSHIPS OF THE WORLD`S NAVIES,1912〜1950」とある通りです。７章に補遺２で構成されています。一章は、イギリスとその同盟国。２章は、アメリカ合衆国。３章は、日本帝国海軍　４章は、ドイツ　５章、イタリー　６章、フランス　７章は、その他。ソビエトなど。軍艦から発進する飛行機を対象にしています。補遺に日本の伊４００のことが出ています。伊４００の写真が公開されています。全体に珍しい写真はありません。ただ、水上機を概観するのには便利です。水上機の性能についての資料は表になって補遺に上げています。この中には、短いながら「晴嵐」の資料が残っています。日本海軍の水上機にたいする考え方が知れます。地味な課目ですが最近にないまとまりです。艦船発進の水上機についてピンポイントな書籍ですが一冊あったら良いと思います。

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