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  2. Blohm & Voss BV 238 - Wikipedia

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    The BV 238 was an extremely large flying boat of conventional aerodynamic design, but bearing the usual B&V structural hallmarks of all-metal construction with a tubular steel wing main spar which also acted as the armoured main fuel tank. Of the era, only the earlier Tupolev ANT-20, the Martin XPB2M-1 and the later Hughes H-4 had a bigger wing ...

  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. 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.

  5. Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking - Wikipedia

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    Typical amongst flying boats of the era, the BV 222 incorporated balance floats; unusually, these consisted of a matching pair of retracting float units per side, which extended from beneath the wing's outer panels in a "clamshell" fashion when fully extended, and retracted into recesses within the underside of the wing.

  6. Convair R3Y Tradewind - Wikipedia

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    It was a large high-wing flying boat with Allison T40 engines driving six-bladed contra-rotating propellers. It had a sleek body with a single-step hull and a slender high-lift wing with fixed floats. The Navy ordered two prototypes on 27 May 1946. Designated XP5Y-1, the first aircraft first flew on 18 April 1950 at San Diego. In August the ...

  7. Caproni Ca.60 - Wikipedia

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    The Caproni Ca.60 Transaereo, often referred to as the Noviplano (nine-wing) or Capronissimo, was the prototype of a large nine-wing flying boat intended to become a 100-passenger transatlantic airliner. [N 2] It featured eight engines and three sets of triple wings.

  8. 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.

  9. Sikorsky S-42 - Wikipedia

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    The Sikorsky S-42 was a commercial flying boat designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft to meet requirements for a long-range flying boat laid out by Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) in 1931. The innovative design included wing flaps, variable-pitch propellers, and a tail-carrying full-length hull.

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