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A johnboat in Florida, 1972 A small modern johnboat in the bed of a pickup truck. A johnboat [1] is a flat-bottomed boat [2] constructed of aluminum, fiberglass, wood, or polyethelene with one, two, or three seats, usually bench type.
Lofting is the transfer of a Lines Plan to a Full-Sized Plan. This helps to assure that the boat will be accurate in its layout and pleasing in appearance. There are many methods to loft a set of plans. Generally, boat building books have a detailed description of the lofting process, beyond the scope of this article.
An airboat Airboating is a popular ecotourism attraction in the Florida Everglades. An airboat (also known as a planeboat, swamp boat, bayou boat, or fanboat) is a flat-bottomed watercraft propelled by an aircraft-type propeller and powered by either an aircraft or automotive engine. [a] It is commonly used for fishing, hunting, recreation, and ...
Antony Habersack Jannus, more familiarly known as Tony Jannus (July 22, 1889 – October 12, 1916), was an early American pilot whose aerial exploits were widely publicized in aviation's pre-World War I period.
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Diamondback Airboats is an airboat manufacturer in Cocoa, Florida. The company was established in 1989. The company was established in 1989. Diamondback assembled engines for the world's largest airboat in 1994 for use on the Congo River and shipped more than 24 twin engine airboats to Russia for oil exploration in the Caspian Sea . [ 1 ]
The Benoist XIV, also called The Lark of Duluth, was a small biplane flying boat built in the United States in 1913 in the hope of using it to carry paying passengers. The two examples built were used to provide the first heavier-than-air airline service anywhere in the world, [citation needed] and the first airline service of any kind at all in the United States.
Data from Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947 General characteristics Crew: 2 Capacity: 1 x stretcher in ambulance conversions Length: 27 ft 9 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (8.48 m) Wingspan: 45 ft 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 in (13.75 m) Height: 11 ft 2 + 13 ⁄ 16 in (3.42 m) Wing area: 387 sq ft (36.0 m 2) Airfoil: USA 1 Empty weight: 1,860 lb (844 kg) Gross weight: 2,460 lb (1,116 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Curtiss OXX-3 V-8 water ...