Built by Higgins Plastics Corp, self-bailing combination motor sail craft is 28 ft long; weight 2800 lb; carried externally under fuselage of Flying Fortress or B-29, boat is dropped with parachutes; released by mechanical bomb salvo, boat is pitched away from plane by catapult device; drop may be made as low as 700 ft; each boat is equipped with sails as well as two 5 1/2-hp engines which give speed of 8 to 10 mph and cruising range of 500 mi.


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    Title :

    Motorboat that flies


    Additional title:

    Motorship


    Published in:

    Motorship ; 30 , n 7 ; p 676-677


    Publication date :

    1945


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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