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Campania Seaplane Photographs. 1918. A handsome album depicting the construction and trial of an early seaplane on the banks of the Clyde. The Fairey Campania, built from 1917 to 1919, was among the earliest aircraft produced for use on aircraft carriers. Some 62 airframes were built, of which 12 were subcontracted to Barclay Curle & Co., the Glasgow shipbuilders who compiled this album. The 20 images display the first airframe in various stages of construction, along with bomb-rack trials and a shot of the 350hp Eagle VIII, the first aero engine produced by Rolls Royce.

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