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35:General information
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72:Number built
65:Harold Bolas
49:Manufacturer
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758:Floatplanes
422:15 November
353:Martin MS-1
306:Performance
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88:4 June 1925
747:Categories
453:References
343:Caspar U.1
270:Wing area:
213:Stokes Bay
175:Royal Navy
687:Gyroplane
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509:0143-7240
258:Wingspan:
232:Data from
194:Gibraltar
114:-carried
112:submarine
778:Biplanes
642:aircraft
602:article
332:See also
181:Aircraft
157:mahogany
155:and had
100:seaplane
60:Designer
717:Parasol
657:Panther
640:Parnall
264:Height:
252:Length:
150:Bristol
80:History
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672:Possum
667:Plover
662:Puffin
587:Flight
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173:, the
142:Warren
712:Prawn
702:Pipit
682:Perch
677:Pixie
652:Scout
416:(PDF)
409:(PDF)
371:Notes
246:Crew:
727:Heck
697:Pike
692:Peto
589:1929
558:ISBN
541:ISSN
522:ISBN
505:ISSN
484:ISBN
465:ISBN
424:2009
290:1 ×
208:N182
198:HMS
189:N181
146:N181
132:HMS
94:The
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