A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is... 61 KB (7,901 words) - 11:17, 14 March 2024 |
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... 81 KB (441 words) - 09:45, 22 March 2024 |
Kawanishi H8K (redirect from H8K Emily Flying Boat) The Kawanishi H8K is a flying boat used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting... 17 KB (1,807 words) - 11:33, 11 April 2024 |
Kawanishi H6K (redirect from Kawanishi Navy Type 97 Flying Boat) The Kawanishi H6K was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat produced by the Kawanishi Aircraft Company and used during World War II for maritime patrol... 13 KB (1,423 words) - 04:10, 8 April 2024 |
The AD Flying Boat was designed by the British Admiralty's Air Department to serve as a patrol aircraft that could operate in conjunction with Royal Navy... 7 KB (703 words) - 18:35, 15 November 2021 |
Kawanishi Aircraft Company (section Flying boats) was best known for its seaplanes, such as the Kawanishi H6K and H8K flying boats, its N1K-J land-based fighter -derived from their Kawanishi N1K1 floatplane... 8 KB (785 words) - 02:26, 16 August 2023 |
Hikōtei Jidai (redirect from The Age of the flying Boat) Hikōtei Jidai (飛行艇時代, lit. 'The Age of the Flying Boat') is a manga by Hayao Miyazaki. A fifteen-page, all-watercolor work, it was published in Model... 4 KB (495 words) - 00:59, 25 February 2024 |
with Short flying boats. From 1950 to 1954, Wellington was also linked by flying boat to Sydney. The long intended Wellington–Sydney flying boat service... 37 KB (4,316 words) - 05:09, 27 January 2024 |
Short Empire (redirect from Empire flying boat) The Short Empire was a medium-range four-engined monoplane flying boat, designed and developed by Short Brothers during the 1930s to meet the requirements... 46 KB (5,194 words) - 12:45, 25 January 2024 |
Hughes H-4 Hercules (redirect from H-4 Hercules Flying Boat) Spruce Goose; registration NX37602) is a prototype strategic airlift flying boat designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Intended as a transatlantic... 26 KB (2,853 words) - 00:38, 22 April 2024 |
biplane flying boat airliner CANT 10 single-engine biplane flying boat airliner CANT 18 single-engine flying boat trainer CANT 22 trimotor flying boat airliner... 152 KB (17,172 words) - 21:18, 7 March 2024 |
Foynes (section Foynes Flying Boat Museum) Retrieved 22 December 2013. "The Foynes Flying Boat Museum...Recalling Aviation History". The Foynes Flying Boat Museum. Retrieved 29 August 2010. "Foynes... 10 KB (1,070 words) - 11:27, 17 October 2023 |
Imperial Airways (section Short Empire flying boats) Pemberton Billing's British Marine Air Navigation (part of the Supermarine flying-boat company), the Daimler Airway, under the management of George Edward Woods... 49 KB (4,787 words) - 06:39, 22 February 2024 |
Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina - Amphibian flying boat Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull - Floatplane Douglas RD-4 Dolphin - Flying boat Fairchild J2K - Liaison Grumman JF-2... 16 KB (1,696 words) - 14:21, 11 February 2024 |
Short Sunderland (redirect from Sunderland flying boat) The Short S.25 Sunderland is a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft... 75 KB (10,129 words) - 02:39, 18 April 2024 |
twin-engine patrol flying boat prototype (1932) Sikorsky XSS: Naval scout flying-boat (1933) Sikorsky S-42 "Clipper": four-engine flying boat (1934–1935) Sikorsky... 28 KB (1,984 words) - 23:29, 26 April 2024 |
Ansett Australia (redirect from Ansett Flying Boat Services) Ansett's operations was the flying-boat service from Rose Bay in Sydney to Lord Howe Island. This was operated by Ansett Flying Boat Services using Short Sandringham... 82 KB (9,697 words) - 04:54, 21 April 2024 |
Donnet-Denhaut flying boat 1915 patrol flying boat, about 1,085 built FBA Type H 1915 patrol flying boat, ~2000 built Grigorovich M-5 1915 patrol flying boat, about... 51 KB (5,811 words) - 22:37, 27 March 2024 |
flying boat MBR-7 - 1937 reconnaissance flying boat and light bomber Be-2 - 1936 reconnaissance floatplane Be-10 - 1956 maritime patrol flying boat Be-12... 19 KB (1,728 words) - 23:04, 6 February 2024 |
from the moored flying boat. Voices carried clearly across the calm water.[citation needed] The Qantas service to Nouméa flying boat came to and end in... 29 KB (3,237 words) - 21:13, 11 April 2024 |
largest flying boat base in Australia RAAF Base Temora, Temora RAAF Base Uranquinty, Uranquinty – 1941–45 Pilot training, and 1947–52 No.1 Basic Flying Training... 29 KB (2,428 words) - 06:58, 23 January 2024 |
Transatlantic flight (section Flying boats) reliance on flying boats for long over-water routes. Operators of the Fw 200 focussed on other routes, though. In the 1930s a flying boat route was the... 94 KB (10,442 words) - 14:50, 28 April 2024 |
floatplane Grumman JRF Goose amphibian flying boat Grumman J4F Widgeon amphibian flying boat Hall PH flying boat Lockheed XR3O-1 executive transport Lockheed... 35 KB (1,803 words) - 22:58, 6 January 2024 |
3 – flying boat biplane (1916) Macchi M.5 – flying boat fighter (1917) Macchi M.6 – flying boat fighter prototype (1917) Macchi M.7 – flying boat fighter... 13 KB (1,484 words) - 16:39, 5 November 2023 |
floats mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy. By contrast, a flying boat uses its fuselage for buoyancy. Either type of seaplane may also have... 6 KB (667 words) - 06:43, 4 February 2024 |
Consolidated PBY Catalina (redirect from Catalina flying boat) more commonly known as the PBY Catalina (US Navy designation), is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated Aircraft in the 1930s... 58 KB (6,831 words) - 20:36, 11 April 2024 |