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In the early days of flight, most planes were flying boats. Lakes, rivers, bays and oceans provided ready made runways. But by the time WWII started these runways were not always located where runways were needed. So a shift to make runways and planes with landing gear became the usual configuration...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Malcolm-Gibbs, Wayne (Producer), Roberts, Paul (Narrator), Sharam, Darren (Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Geelong, Australia : World Wide Entertainment, 2007.
Series:	World history in video.
Subjects:	Fleet, Reuben Hollis, > 1887-1975. Airplanes, Military. Airplanes. Catalina (Seaplane) Industrial design. Avions militaires. Avions. Consolidated Canso PBY-5A (Bombardier d'eau) Design. Documentary Alexander Street Video. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Documentaires télévisés. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	In the early days of flight, most planes were flying boats. Lakes, rivers, bays and oceans provided ready made runways. But by the time WWII started these runways were not always located where runways were needed. So a shift to make runways and planes with landing gear became the usual configuration for aircraft. However there was one seaplane that continued throughout the war and excelled in areas that other aircraft simply could not operate. Even though the plane was dated before the war started -- it overcame its age to go on to be one of the most famous WWII planes in history.
Item Description:	Previously released on DVD. Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 1, 2011).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (25 min.).
Playing Time:	00:24:04