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            and hangars of seaplane
          
        
        
          
            bases of the ‘30s.
          
        
        
          
            In the page, seaplane-related
          
        
        
          
            documents, books
          
        
        
          
            and objects.
          
        
        
          
            Above right, the incredible
          
        
        
          
            Caproni CA 60.
          
        
        
          
            Below, a camel descending
          
        
        
          
            from a seaplane.
          
        
        
          
            Below, the first autopilot
          
        
        
          
            was used on a seaplane,
          
        
        
          
            by Curtiss in Paris.
          
        
        
          
            Left, emergency commu-
          
        
        
          
            nications during WW1.
          
        
        
          
            The first crossing of the
          
        
        
          
            Atlantic was made in 1919
          
        
        
          
            by Captain Read, on this
          
        
        
          
            Navy-Curtiss NC-4.
          
        
        
          
            A light alloy “art deco”
          
        
        
          
            sculpture, representing
          
        
        
          
            a Dornier “Wal”.