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407:List of flying boats and floatplanes
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437:Green and Swanborough 1994, p. 197
313:11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
301:32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
268:Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
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455:Green, W; Swanborough, G (1994).
168:lying across the top of the rear
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319:400 sq ft (37 m)
281:The British Fighter since 1912
208:. These aircraft, known as the
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476:The British Fighter since 1912
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457:The Complete Book of Fighters
325:4,700 lb (2,132 kg)
863:Aircraft first flown in 1920
274:Specifications (Pintail III)
160:. The Pintail was a two-bay
117:was a British single-engine
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495:Fairey Aircraft since 1915
381:1 or 2 × .303 in (7.7 mm)
474:Mason, Francis K (1992).
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286:General characteristics
763:Ultra-light Helicopter
206:Imperial Japanese Navy
144:Design and development
138:Imperial Japanese Navy
46:Fighter Reconnaissance
797:Avions Fairey Belfair
176:below the tailplane.
32:Fairey Pintail Mk III
792:Avions Fairey Junior
638:Long-range Monoplane
493:Taylor, H.A (1974).
723:Firefly (monoplane)
556:Chronological order
425:Taylor 1974, p. 90.
377:Vickers machine gun
200:Operational history
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233:Pintail III
107:7 July 1920
832:Categories
773:Gannet AEW
603:Flycatcher
413:References
317:Wing area:
239:Pintail IV
227:Pintail II
210:Pintail IV
179:The first
119:floatplane
817:Tipsy S.2
728:Spearfish
718:Barracuda
683:Swordfish
648:Fleetwing
633:Firefly I
628:Kangourou
613:Fremantle
383:Lewis Gun
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279:Data from
247:Operators
221:Pintail I
181:prototype
166:tailplane
853:Biplanes
785:aircraft
768:Rotodyne
733:Gyrodyne
708:Albacore
588:Campania
550:aircraft
396:See also
362:Armament
216:Variants
172:and the
170:fuselage
71:Designer
812:Tipsy M
802:Tipsy B
758:Delta 2
748:Delta 1
688:Fantôme
598:Pintail
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150:Pintail
122:fighter
99:History
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743:Gannet
738:Primer
713:Fulmar
703:P.4/34
698:Seafox
693:Battle
678:G.4/31
668:S.9/30
658:Gordon
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499:ISBN
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