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Felixstowe F.2A Out-of-Print Flying
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'The Felixstowe Flying Boats ' |
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| The complete and very detailed story
of the design and development of the Felixstowe flying boat series
by renowned author J. M. Bruce M.A. |
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Published: Flight magazine -
Dec 1955 |
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'Felixstowe F.2A flying boats' |
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| Highly detailed article for modelers
- with plans - by C. Rupert Moore, A.R.C.A. |
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Published: Scale
Models magazine - Dec 1977 |
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'Felixstowe F.2A High
Visibility Colour Schemes' |
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| Highly detailed article showing all
the details of the 'Dazzle' schemes, with drawings by Adrian Vicary |
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Published: Cross &
Cockade Vol.21 No.4 - 1990 |
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'Flying Boat Towed Lighters' |
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| Story of the design and use of
sea-borne towed lighters to transport WWI flying boats including the
Felixstowe F.2A. Fascinating
stuff for diorama buffs. |
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Published: Cross &
Cockade |
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'Felixstowe F.2A - Roden
1/72 scale model build ' |
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| Detailed model build article of the
1/72 scale Roden kit by Patrice Roman |
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Published: REPLIC
magazine |
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| Superbly detailed article by the
late Ken Molson covering the design and construction of the F5L, the
later development of the Felixstowe F.2A. Useful for interior
photo's and general guidance for details of the F.2A. |
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Published: Cross &
Cockade Vol.9 No.2 1978 |
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'Fighting 'Boats,
1914 - 1918' |
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| Concisely detailed article by the
late Chaz Bowyer covering the design and operations of the
Felixstowe and Curtiss flying boats during WWI. Useful for general guidance
on the types. |
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Published: Aircraft
Illustrated Extra, No. 8, 1970 |
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| In the case of
the
Felixstowe F.2A archive my
grateful thanks goes to: Andy Kemp, Chairman, Cross & Cockade
International, Flight magazine, and authors
Adrian Vicary,
Michael H. Goodall,
the late J.M. Bruce M.A.
and the late C. Rupert Moore
A.R.C.A. together with
correspondent Alex Norton for their generous help and
assistance in this particular archive. |
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Bill Mortimer's
Out-of-Print Articles |
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Mortimer is an original time-served flying boat 'Web-Foot',
having actually worked on various types of flying boats
whilst based in their latter years at the M.A.E.E. (Marine
Aircraft Experimental Establishment) at Felixstowe,
and still blessed with an intense interest in anything connected to the genre. In a series of
fascinating articles written by him and published in now sadly
out-of-print magazines from years ago - now long-since forgotten
by most - Bill described in detail what it was like.
SEAWINGS
is privileged to re-present those articles in their entirety, scanned as
pdf's for you to download so that today's flying boat enthusiasts can
to learn what it was all about. Our grateful thanks goes
to Bill for his kind permission to present his articles here.
Thanks, Bill.
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Click
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to
download the original articles: |
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Bill
Mortimer |
'Sunderland
Strike Force' |
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| The unique and fascinating
story of the proposal, design and eventual trial fitting of two-man
torpedo chariots to operational Short Sunderlands, complete with photo's and drawings. |
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Bill
Mortimer |
'Short
S.45 Seaford' |
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| The story of the
development of the Short Seaford from the original Sunderland. |
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Bill
Mortimer |
'Flying
Boat Seamanship' |
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| How it was done at
Felixstowe; Launching, Mooring, Beaching and working on and around
the 'boats. |
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Bill
Mortimer
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'The
Last Days at Felixstowe' |
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| Interesting details
of the final days at one of the most iconic flying boat testing
bases ever; Felixstowe. |
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Bill
Mortimer
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'A
Singapore
to Singapore' |
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The fascinating tale
of flying a Short Singapore 'boat half-way around the World, in a
bygone era. |
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