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  2. List of flying boats and floatplanes - Wikipedia

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    Three Canadair CL-215 amphibious flying boats. 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 off from water, while an amphibian is a seaplane which can also operate from land.

  3. Flying boat - Wikipedia

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    Short S23 "C" Class or "Empire" flying boat A PBM Mariner takes off in 1942 Dornier X in 1932. A flying boat is a type of seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. [1] It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed for flotation, while floatplanes rely on fuselage-mounted floats for buoyancy.

  4. Boeing 314 Clipper - Wikipedia

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    The 314 was a high wing flying boat which used a series of heavy metal ribs and spars to create a robust fuselage and cantilevered wing, eliminating the need for external drag-inducing struts to brace the wings. It was metal skinned with the exception of the control surfaces.

  5. List of surviving Consolidated PBY Catalinas - Wikipedia

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    The Consolidated PBY Catalina was a twin-engined American flying boat of the 1930s and 1940s, designed by Consolidated Aircraft Co. Several variants were built at five US and Canadian manufacturing plants. Surviving Canso A G-PBYA at Duxford Flying Legends 2007

  6. Consolidated PBY Catalina - Wikipedia

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    By 1943, U-boats were well-armed with anti-aircraft guns and two Victoria Crosses were won by Catalina pilots pressing home their attacks on U-boats in the face of heavy fire: Flying Officer John Cruickshank of the RAF, in 1944, received the award for sinking what was believed to be U-347 (although now known to have been U-361 [17]) and in the ...

  7. Martin P5M Marlin - Wikipedia

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    The Martin P5M Marlin (P-5 Marlin after 1962), built by the Glenn L. Martin Company of Middle River, Maryland, is a twin piston-engined flying boat that entered service in 1951, and served into the late 1960s with the United States Navy performing naval patrols.

  8. Sikorsky S-38 - Wikipedia

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    Sikorsky RS, a designation used by the United States Navy for a number of different Sikorsky twin-engined amphibious flying boats; Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era. Keystone-Loening Commuter; Keystone–Loening Air Yacht; Grumman Widgeon; Grumman Goose; Related lists. List of aircraft of the Spanish Republican Air Force

  9. Seaplane - Wikipedia

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    Transporting salt in standard aircraft risked rapid and severe structural corrosion in the event of a spillage. In addition, three Aquila flying boats were used during the airlift. [17] This is the only known operational use of flying boats within central Europe. BOAC ceased flying boat services out of Southampton in November 1950.

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