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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.
Data from Albatross: Amphibious Airborne Angel, United States Navy Aircraft since 1911, Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 Grumman Albatross: A History of the Legendary Seaplane General characteristics Crew: 4-6 Capacity: 10 passengers Length: 62 ft 10 in (19.15 m) Wingspan: 96 ft 8 in (29.46 m) Height: 25 ft 10 in (7.87 m) Wing area: 1,035 sq ft (96.2 m 2) Airfoil: NACA 23017 Empty ...
The Grumman G-21 Goose is an amphibious flying boat designed by Grumman to serve as an eight-seat "commuter" aircraft for businessmen in the Long Island area. The Goose was Grumman's first monoplane to fly, its first twin-engined aircraft, and its first aircraft to enter commercial airline service.
The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a 20th century American producer of military and civilian aircraft. [2] Founded on December 6, 1929, by Leroy Grumman and his business partners, it merged in 1994 with Northrop Corporation to form Northrop Grumman .
Grumman F-9 Cougar; Grumman F-11 Tiger; Grumman F-14 Tomcat; General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B; Grumman FF; Grumman F2F; Grumman F3F; Grumman F4F Wildcat; Grumman XF5F Skyrocket; Grumman F6F Hellcat; Grumman F7F Tigercat; Grumman F8F Bearcat; Grumman F9F Panther; Grumman XF10F Jaguar; Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger
Absolut-Marine Seaplane; ACME Anser; Advanced Aeromarine Buccaneer; Adventure Air Adventurer; Aero Adventure Aventura; AeroLites AeroSkiff; Aeroprakt A-24 Viking; AeroVolga Borey; AeroVolga LA-8; Aichi AB-1; Air Tractor AT-802; Airliner Number 4; Amiot 110-S; Anderson Kingfisher; Aquaflight Aqua I; Arado Ar 233; Argonaut Pirate; ATOL 495 ...
Grumman Widgeon at Garland's Seaplane Base on the Detroit River in 1947. After the war, Grumman redesigned the aircraft to make it more suitable for civilian operations. A new hull improved its water handling, and six seats were installed. In total, 76 of the new G-44As were built by Grumman, the last being delivered on January 13, 1949.
G-73 Mallard at the Air Zoo. Building on the success of the Goose and Widgeon, Grumman Aircraft developed larger G-73 Mallard for commercial use.Retaining many of the features of the smaller aircraft, such as twin radial engines, high wings with underwing floats, retractable landing gear and a large straight tail, the company built 59 Mallards between 1946 and 1951.