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Air Power in View

Kawanishi E17K “Alf” floatplane being hoisted aboard a Japanese seaplane tender, circa 1939. Note details of the aircraft handling crane. Arado Ar 64c. Arado Ar 76 V2 (D-IRAS, 364). Arado Ar 77 (D-ABIM).   Arado Ar 79 V2 (D-EHCR, 002) in the Dutch East Indies shortly before World War II while on a demonstration tour. Arado Ar 80 V2 (D-ILOH). Arado Ar 81 V2 (D-UPAR). Arado Ar 81 V3 (D-UDEX). This third prototype differed from the first two in having a single tail instead of twin tails as seen on the second prototype, D-UPAR. The type was not taken into production. Arado Ar 96 (D-IRUU). Arado Ar 195 V1 (D-OCLN). Arado Ar 197 V2 (D-IVLE, 2072). Designed to meet a requirement for a shipboard fighter for use from the carrier Graf Zeppelin, the all-metal Ar 197 appeared early in 1937. Derived from the Ar 68, it was Germany's last biplane fighter. Arado Ar 199 V3 (D-ITLF, 3673). The Ar 199 was designed in 1938 to meet the requirements of a specification calling for a light float seaplane ...