Flying boat

Twenties flying boat in need of new home

A museum is urgently seeking a new owner for its Curtiss Model F Seagull

Local Legends 9: Latécoère 631 released

The Microsoft Flight Simulator development team has released the ninth aircraft in the Local Legends Series, the Latécoère Model 631 flying boat.

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Lake Windermere's incredible Waterbird

Newly airborne from Lake Windermere this summer, the replica of the unique Waterbird represents a tremendous accomplishment — and a delightful way to recall the achievements of the 1911 original

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Who was pioneering aviator Oscar Garden?

Pioneering aviator Oscar Garden is best remembered for his astonishing 18-day flight in a Gipsy Moth, travelling from London to Australia in 1930. In the years that followed, the New Zealander’s love of flying did not abate. Here his daughter Mary Garden details his flying boat adventures before and during World War Two…

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On board a BOAC wartime flying boat

A revealing visit to a BOAC operated Boeing 314-A flying boat undertaking wartime services for the British government was detailed in the February 6, 1942 issue of ‘The Aeroplane’

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The jet-powered flying boat that was a nuclear bomber

Before submarines took on a strategic nuclear missile role, the US Navy sought to use jet-powered flying boats to carry nuclear weapons. In 1955, The Aeroplane revealed the first photos of this new concept

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The Streetcar Line of the Virgin Islands

Beautiful flying boats serving sun-drenched Caribbean islands and a dash of Hollywood glamour - Antilles Air Boats seemed to have it all,...

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Strike on the sea

It has been called the greatest air/sea U-boat battle of World War Two...

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Dornier Do 26: Germany’s Elegant Flying Boat

Chris Goss tells the story of the Dornier Do 26 flying boats...