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A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed for floatation, while floatplanes rely on fuselage-mounted floats for buoyancy.
History
The quest for an aircraft that could takeoff or land from water began with float planes, which are not flying boats. The Frenchman Alphonse Pénaud filed the first patent for a flying machine with a boat hull and retractable landing gear in 1876 but failed to build one. Austrian Wilhelm Kress is credited by some with attempting to build the first successful seaplane Drachenflieger, a floatplane, in 1898, although its two 30 hp Daimler engines were inadequate for take-off and it later sank when one of its two floats collapsed. On 6 June 1905, Gabriel Voisin took off and landed on the River Seine with a towed kite glider on floats. The first of his unpowered flights was 150 yards. He later built a powered floatplane in partnership with Louis Blériot, but the machine was unsuccessful.
First World War
Curtiss and Porte's plans were interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. Porte sailed for England on 4 August 1914 and rejoined the Navy, as a member of the Royal Naval Air Service. Appointed Squadron Commander of Royal Navy Air Station Hendon, he soon convinced the Admiralty of the potential of flying boats and was put in charge of the naval air station at Felixstowe in 1915. Porte persuaded the Admiralty to commandeer (and later, purchase) the America and a sister craft from Curtiss. This was followed by an order for 12 more similar aircraft, one Model H-2 and the remaining as Model H-4's. Four examples of the latter were assembled in the UK by Saunders. All of these were similar to the design of the America and, indeed, were all referred to as Americas in Royal Navy service.
A flying boat is a seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water.
Beriev Flying Boats:
Beriev A-40 Albatros / Beriev A90 Ekranoplane
Beriev Be - 6 Madge /
Beriev Be 12 Chaika
Beriev -103 / Dornier Seastar
Beriev Be-200 Mail / L-65 Seabear
Grumman Flying Boats:
Grumman X-29 Demo / Grumman J2F Duck / Grumman G-21 Goose some modified as Super or Turbo Goose - Grumman G-44 Widgeon / Grumman G-73 Mallard / Grumman HU-16 Albatross / Grumman Columbia XJL / Loening C-2 / Grumman J2F Duck / Grumman G-21 Goose some modified as Super or Turbo Goose - Grumman G-44 Widgeon / Grumman G-73 Mallard / Grumman HU-16 Albatross / Grumman Columbia XJL / Loening C-2
Martin Flyig Boats:
Martin PBM-1 Mariner - Martin P5M Marlin - Martin JRM Mars
Consolidated:
Cosolidated PBY Catalina
Sikorsky:
Sikorsky S-38: eight-seat, two-engine sesquiplane flying boat (US Navy PS) (1928–1933)
Sikorsky RS: transport flying boat (US Navy RS)
Sikorsky S-39: five-seat, single-engine variant of S-38 (1929–1932)
Sikorsky S-40: four-engine, 28-passenger monoplane flying boat (1931)
Sikorsky S-41: twin-engine monoplane flying boat (1931) (USN RS-1)
Sikorsky XP2S: twin-engine patrol flying boat prototype (1932)
Sikorsky XSS: Naval scout flying-boat (1933)
Sikorsky S-42 "Clipper": four-engine flying boat (1934–1935)
Sikorsky XBLR-3: Bomber aircraft (1935-1936)
Sikorsky S-43 "Baby Clipper": twin-engine, amphibious flying boat (1935–1937) (Army OA-1, USN JRS-1); downsized, twin-engine version of S-42
Sikorsky VS-44 "Excalibur": four-engine flying boat (1937)
Short Flying Boats:
Short Sunderland
Avic China:
AVIC AG600 Kunlong
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The Boeing Company was started in 1916, when American lumber industrialist William E. Boeing founded Pacific Aero Products Company in Seattle, Washington. Shortly before doing so, he and Conrad Westervelt created the "B&W" seaplane. In 1917, the organization was renamed Boeing Airplane Company, with William Boeing forming Boeing Airplane & Transport Corporation in 1928. In 1929, the company was renamed United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, followed by the acquisition of several aircraft makers such as Avion, Chance Vought, Sikorsky Aviation, Stearman Aircraft, Pratt & Whitney, and Hamilton Metalplane.
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General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 37 ft 1 in (11.30 m)
Wingspan: 39 ft 1 in (11.91 m)
Height: 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Wing area: 313.4 sq ft (29.12 m2)
Powerplant
- Max takeoff weight: 7,400 lb (3,356 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5C , 3,190 lbf (14.2 kN) thrust
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Specifications
Maximum speed: 260 kn (299 mph, 482 km/h)
Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
Armament
None