A floatplane is a type of seaplane with one or more slender floats mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy. By contrast, a flying boat uses its...
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The following is a list of seaplanes, which includes floatplanes and flying boats. A seaplane is any airplane that has the capability of landing and taking...
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The Cody Floatplane (also referred to as the Cody Hydro-biplane) was designed and built by Samuel Franklin Cody as an entrant in the 1913 Daily Mail Circuit...
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divided into two categories based on their technological characteristics: floatplanes and flying boats; the latter are generally far larger and can carry far...
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Linus Media Group (redirect from Floatplane Media)
hackers or by YouTube. Around 3 pm UTC, Sebastian published a message on Floatplane, saying that he had everything "locked down" and that he is working with...
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Flycatcher biplane floatplane Fairey Firefly IIM biplane floatplane Fairey Fleetwing biplane floatplane Gloster I 1925 & 1927 biplane floatplane Gloster III...
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Kawanishi Aircraft Company (section Floatplanes)
boats, its N1K-J land-based fighter -derived from their Kawanishi N1K1 floatplane fighter- was considered one of the best in the war. After Japan's defeat...
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for rapid production, only few built and used. MB.411 submarine-borne floatplane operated by French submarine Surcouf Blériot-SPAD S.510 biplane fighter...
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AEA June Bug (redirect from AEA Loon pontoon floatplane)
The June Bug was an American "pioneer era" biplane built by the Aerial Experiment Association (A.E.A) in 1908 and flown by Glenn Hammond Curtiss. The aircraft...
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four-seat biplane/floatplane airliner AB-2 - 1930 reconnaissance floatplane prototype AB-3 - 1932 carrier-based reconnaissance floatplane based on the AB-2...
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Yokosuka K5Y (section Specifications (K5Y2 floatplane))
fixed tail-skid landing gear, and remained in use throughout the war. Floatplane types K5Y2 and K5Y3 were also produced. After the initial 60 examples...
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On September 4, 2022, a DHC-3 Turbine Otter single-engine floatplane on a passenger flight from Friday Harbor to Renton, Washington, U.S., crashed into...
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nine T2D-1's were ordered in 1927, these normally being operated as floatplanes, partly owing to criticism from the Army of the Navy operating large...
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He-2 reconnaissance floatplane Heinkel HE 8 reconnaissance floatplane Heinkel HD 17 reconnaissance Heinkel HD 24 trainer floatplane Heinkel HD 25 reconnaissance...
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Float (nautical) (section Floatplane)
multipart hulls of catamarans and trimarans and provide buoyancy for floatplanes, seaplanes and houseboats. They are used in pontoon bridges, floating...
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Flying boat (section Early floatplanes)
land on water. It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed for flotation, while floatplanes rely on fuselage-mounted floats...
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reconnaissance floatplane Albatros W.2 - reconnaissance floatplane Albatros W.3 - torpedo bomber floatplane Albatros W.4 - floatplane fighter Albatros...
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floatplane J7W 震電 Shinden (Magnificent Lightning) - 1945 pusher fighter prototype K6W - WS-103 seaplane for Royal Siamese Navy K8W - 1938 floatplane trainer...
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Paul Schmitt P.S.10 (redirect from Paul Schmitt Type 10 floatplane)
The Paul Schmitt PS.10 was a prototype World War I French two-seat biplane bomber. The P.S.10 was a refinement of the previous P.S.7, fitted with a heavier...
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Paul Schmitt P.S.3 (redirect from Paul Schmitt Type 3 floatplane)
forward tapering to a triangle section aft. One example was built as a floatplane, however unlike most of the landplanes, it was powered by a 150 hp (110 kW)...
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the continental United States. They all carried floatplanes, with some carrying two or three floatplanes. All apart from the first (I-5) had a fixed catapult...
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Kress Drachenflieger (redirect from Kress Floatplane)
The Kress Drachenflieger (German: "Dragon-flier") was an experimental aircraft constructed in Austria-Hungary in 1901. While taxiing trials proved successful...
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French, and Chinese signage. The South Terminal, along with the adjacent floatplane docks, is referred to by airport management as "Airport South.".[citation...
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Aichi E13A (redirect from Aichi Navy Type 0 Reconnaissance Floatplane)
Japanese Navy (IJN) from 1941 to 1945. Numerically the most important floatplane of the IJN, it could carry a crew of three and a bombload of 250 kg (550 lb)...
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weight: 2,565 lb (1,163 kg) Vega 5C floatplane 3,153 lb (1,430 kg) Gross weight: 4,500 lb (2,041 kg) Vega 5C floatplane 4,880 lb (2,210 kg) Fuel capacity:...
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Douglas DT (section Specifications (DT-2 floatplane))
The Douglas DT bomber was the Douglas Aircraft Company's first military contract, forging a link between the company and the United States Navy. Navy Contract...
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1945. Adopted prior to 1918 Farman MF.11 1914 Ship-based light bomber floatplane Farman MF.7 Longhorn 1913 light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft Yokosho...
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Floatplane Crashes in Western Washington". KFI AM 640. Retrieved 6 September 2022. "NTSB report points to separated actuator in Mutiny Bay floatplane...
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Wright Model CH 3 Single engine biplane floatplane scout Wright Model G Aeroboat 1+ Single engine biplane floatplane sport airplane Wright Model E 1913 1...
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the British Airco DH.9A bomber. MR-1 floatplane version of R-1 with wooden floats. 124 built. MR-2 (PM-2) floatplane version of R-1 with Munzel metal floats...
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