1919
American flying boats Curtiss NC-4
First aircraft to fly across the Atlantic (1919, with stops) Curtiss · United States→
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Flying boats
A flying boat is a seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water — from the Curtiss NC-4 and the Boeing 314 Clipper to today's Beriev Be-200 and AVIC AG600.
36flying boats
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1919–2017first flight
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About flying boats
A flying boat is a type of fixed-wing seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane, which stands on floats under the fuselage: the fuselage of a flying boat is itself built to float. Many flying boats also have retractable wheels; they are called amphibians.
Alphonse Pénaud filed a patent for a flying machine with a boat hull and retractable landing gear as early as 1876. In the First World War flying boats patrolled the seas, in 1919 the Curtiss NC-4 was the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic, and in the 1930s large flying boats such as the Boeing 314 Clipper flew passengers across the oceans. Today amphibians are mainly used for search and rescue and for fighting forest fires.
1919
American flying boats Curtiss NC-4
First aircraft to fly across the Atlantic (1919, with stops) Curtiss · United States→
1935
American flying boats Consolidated PBY Catalina
One of the most widely built flying boats Consolidated Aircraft · United States→
1939
American flying boats Martin PBM Mariner
Twin-engined patrol flying boat with a gull wing, used in the Second World War and the Korean War. Glenn L. Martin Company · United States→
1942
American flying boats Martin JRM Mars
Later famous as a water bomber Glenn L. Martin Company · United States→
2003
Asian flying boats ShinMaywa US-2
Large four-engined amphibian of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, for search and rescue at sea. ShinMaywa · Japan→
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