LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 - EARLY HYDROFOILS

    FARCOT AND OTHER INVENTORS
    FORLANINI
    GUIDONI AND CROCO
    ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
    CAPTAIN RICHARDSON'S DINGHY
    BARON von SCHERTEL
    TIETJENS
    GRUNBERG

CHAPTER 2 - THE 1950s - A DECADE OF EXPERIMENTAL PROGRESS
    
    CANADIAN MASSAWIPPI, R-100
    SAUNDERS-ROE, R-103
    LANTERN,
    HC-4
    ICARUS
    HIGH POCKETS-HIGH TAIL
    AMPHIBIOUS HYDROFOILS
    MONITOR
    CARL XCH-4 HYDROFOIL
    SEA LEGS
    DENISON

CHAPTER 3 - LARGE SCALE TEST HYDROFOILS
    
    HYDRODYNAMIC TEST SYSTEM
    FRESH-1
    LITTLE SQUIRT
    CANADIAN R-X CRAFT

CHAPTER 4 - U. S. NAVY DEVELOPMENTAL HYDROFOILS
    
    HIGH POINT (PCH-1)
    FLAGSTAFF (PGH-1)
    TUCUMCARI (PGH-2)
    PLAINVIEW (AGEH-1)

CHAPTER 5 - CANADIAN AND EUROPEAN HYDROFOIL DEVELOPMENTS
    
    CANADIAN BRAS D'OR, FHE-400
    SUPRAMAR PT SERIES HYDROFOILS
    RODRIQUEZ RHS SERIES HYDROFOILS
    
CHAPTER 6 - THE U.S. NAVY FLEET HYDROFOIL - PHM
    
    THE NATO CONNECTION
    PHM BEGINNINGS
    USS PEGASUS TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
    CONSTRUCTION OF REMAINING PHMs
    THE PHM SQUADRON IS COMPLETE - HYDROFOILS JOIN THE FLEET
    PHM SQUADRON MATURES - READY "TO GO IN HARM'S WAY
    OPERATIONAL SUCCESS
    DRUG BUSTING WITH THE U.S. COAST GUARD
    FUTURE OF THE PHMs

CHAPTER 7 - WHY AND HOW DO HYDROFOILS FLY?
    
    FOIL ARRANGEMENTS
    AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM
    PROPULSION SYSTEMS
    HYDROFOIL MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS
    HYDROFOIL DESIGN METHODS

CHAPTER 8 - HYDROFOILS AROUND THE WORLD
    
    RODRIQUEZ HYDROFOILS - MAJOR SUCCESSES
    BOEING JETFOIL - HIGH SPEED WITH COMFORT
    JETFOIL VARIANT - HMS SPEEDY
    ITALIAN NAVY HYDROFOILS
    SHIMRIT - A GRUMMAN/ISRAELI COLLABORATION
    SOVIETS COVER THEIR RIVERS AND LAKES WITH HYDROFOILS
    WHY NOT HYDROFOILS IN THE U. S. A ?

CHAPTER 9 - WHAT'S NEXT
    
    THE PLANING CRAFT VS HYDROFOIL DILEMMA
    NEXT GENERATION U.S. NAVY HYDROFOILS
    FUTURE HYDROFOILS FOR NATO?

EPILOGUE

FURTHER READING

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A - HYDROFOIL SKETCHES AND DATA

APPENDIX B - GLOSSARY OF TERMS

INDEX