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	Flying boat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Flying boats were among the largest aircraft of the first half of the 20th century.
		The military value of flying boats was quickly recognized, and they were utilized by various nations in tasks from anti-submarine patrol to maritime search and rescue.
		The largest flying boat of the war was the Blohm und Voss Bv 238 which was also the heaviest plane to fly during the Second World War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flying_boat (757 words)

	Flying an Inflatable Boat
		The flying boat has the nastalgia, the mystique, and the robust feeling of a rugged, seaworthy boat and brings to mind visions of the Boeing 314 China Clippers* of the 1930’s.
		Flying boats may handle larger seas and higher winds due to the lower stance and larger hull, but their wings and stabilizing floats tend to be a significant obstacle when docking.
		Soon we were able to fly for miles within five feet of the water without touching down and were able to drag the water rudder without touching the hull on the surface.
	www.ultraflight.com /issues/august99/aug99page34.htm (3192 words)

	Flying Boat
		Flying Boat is constructed with stainless steel and aluminum, and the floatation hulls are constructed to rescue boat standards.
		Another advantage of the boat that we use is that it allows the craft to sit lower in the water.
		It was very easy to tip a flying boat in a cross-wind take off or landing because the v-shaped hull would stay in the water causing the boat to act like a boat.
	www.seair.com /flyingboat.htm (2671 words)

	The Short Sunderland Flying Boat
		The Empire boats would be little more than a footnote in aviation history except for the fact that this family of aircraft included a military type, the "S.25" or "Sunderland", which would become one of the most famous flying boats ever built.
		Although the bright Leigh searchlight was rarely fitted to Sunderlands, ASV Mark 2 radar allowed the flying boats to effectively target U-boats operating on the surface, until the German submarines began to carry a radar warning system known as "Metox", also known as the Cross of Biscay due to the appearance of its receiving antenna.
		I am partial to flying boats, and as the Sunderland is one of the finest examples of the type I had to document it.
	www.vectorsite.net /avsund.html (4854 words)

	flying boat on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Aboard a Catalina flying boat, the regular type of transport along the Amazon river, on the way to Leticia (a city located at the intersection of the frontieres between Brazil, Peru and C (PAR166522)
		Ralph Tomlinson, of Newport Beach, holds a toy flying boat that was made in the 1920s.
		A silver carp flies into the air in the wake of a boat in the Missouri River in September 2003.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/x/x-flyingbo.asp (748 words)

	The Martin Mariner, Mars, & Marlin Flying Boats
		The Martin flying boat was a more advanced aircraft than the Catalina, but the PBM would not displace the PBY during World War II and would historically end up in the Catalina's shadow.
		However, big flying boats were a thing of the past and most of them had been scrapped.
		The Marlin was a pure flying boat, incapable of landing on a runway.
	www.vectorsite.net /avmars.html (6228 words)

	Flying Boat for Sale (FIBs)
		Flying Boat sales, flight instruction, parts and accessories are available here.
		Flying Boat Info is the international source for everything in reference to Flying Boats (FIBs).
		provides new and used flying boats, flight instruction for thrill seekers interested in learning to fly, and parts and accessories for your flying boat.
	www.flyingboatinfo.com (247 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft - Short Sunderland
		To meet requirement R.2/33 of the Air Ministry for a general reconnaissance flying boat, Short developed the S.25 Sunderland from their famous S.23 "Empire" or "C-class" flying boat, the flagship of Imperial Airways.
		The Sunderland was a pure flying boat, and if it had to be brought on shore special beaching wheels had to be fitted.
		Flying low above the waves to prevent attacks from below, a Sunderland was not an easy victim, and managed to defend itself very well.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/sunderland.htm (1375 words)

	Purchase a used flying boat
		The FIB's is designed to fly on all water surfaces including the sea which is the largest runway available in the world.
		The boat also protects the whole machine (including the propeller) from the water during take off with big waves, leaving the pilot, passenger, and engine 100% dry.
		Compared to a machine equipped with pontoon catamaran style, the inflatable boat has a more naturally aerodynamic shape that reduces the drag in the air and does not interfere negatively with the control of the aircraft.
	www.flyingboatinfo.com /used/used.htm (638 words)

	Aircraft - Featured Exhibit
		The Flying Boat prototype had exceeded the government’s funding allowance and the U.S. Senate formed an investigation committee to probe alleged misappropriation of funds.
		Floating by barge the Flying Boat moved across Long Beach Harbor then gently eased into her new home, adjacent to the RMS Queen Mary.
		The winning organization would have access to land on which to house the Flying Boat and the funding necessary to move and care for her.
	www.sprucegoose.org /aircraft_artifacts/exhibits.html (976 words)

	Aviation history ; Short C class Empire flying boat drawings & book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Horseshoe was broken at Singapore and the QEA 'boats on the Australian side of the break became involved in the hostilities.
		Some QEA 'boats were armed as were the two TEAL boats that maintained the link between Sydney and Auckland throughout the war, doubling as reconnaissance bombers as required.
		The very last Empire 'boat remained as a landlocked exhibit in Auckland until it too was hauled off for scrapping some time after 1954, so ending a significant era of aviation history of the 1930s and 40s.
	www.flyingempires.4mg.com (1706 words)

	Ecker Flying Boat
		Some of this exhibition flying was certainly done with the aircraft in the NASM collection, but exactly when and where or in which of its many configurations the airplane appeared is unknown.
		The Ecker Flying Boat emerged one more time before it came to NASM when it was displayed at the 1930 New York State Fair.
		The components of the now ancient flying boat were gingerly hoisted out of a fourth floor window and transported to the home of the proud new owner, Owen Billman, to await restoration.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/ecker.htm (923 words)

	Slow Stick Flying Boat - RC Groups
		My SS Flying Boat was build primarily from Sturdyboard foam which is essentially 3/16” Depron.
		I reasoned that when the boat was at rest the floats would be in the water.
		Flying in 5-10mph winds that were changing in direction (not good float flying conditions) I tipped it over forward when starting to taxi with the wind.
	rcgroups.com /forums/showthread.php?t=234990&...+Stick+Flying+Boat (2973 words)

	Cavalier flying boat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cavalier was the first flying boat in the Atlantic service of Imperial Airways.
		In 1937, Imperial Airways and Pan American World Airways opened up an experimental London -> New York -> Bermuda service using their flying boats.
		The Imperial Airways employed an Empire flying boat Cavalier.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cavalier_flying_boat (139 words)

	Boeing's Flying Boat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One such accomplishment was the Boeing 314 (B314) "flying boat" of the late 1930s and early 1940s, an airplane model that Pan American Airways named the Clipper.
		Of the 12 flying boats Boeing built for Pan American Airways, the first six were delivered between January and June 1939, the second six between April and August 1941.
		The three BOAC flying boats were retired in 1948 and sold to General Phoenix Corporation, a Baltimore airplane broker.
	www.wshs.org /wshs/columbia/articles/0203-a3.htm (3485 words)

	Flying Boat Material (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Inside title is: 'To the East by Air' and describes trip made by the IRIS II type flying boat made by Blackburn.
		This is the radiator for the Aeromarine Model 60-U-8-D flying boat (Limousine Flying Boat).
		German text; it describes the details and specifications of this famous flying boat and the various records it held.
	www.icarusbooks.com /flyingboat.htm (2917 words)

	Beach Birds In Paradise, Flying Boats of Pensacola Beach - Buy A Flying Boat
		The strength of the FIB is given by his simplicity: in only 10 hours of flight lessons you are perfectly capable of flying in safely.
		The FIB's purpose is to fly on all water surfaces also including the sea which is the largest runway available in the world.
		Compared to a machine equipped with pontoon catamran style, the inflatable boat has a more naturally aerodynamic shape that reduces the drag in the air and does not interfere negatively with the control of the aircraft.
	www.beachbirdsinparadise.com /wst_page4.html (535 words)

	Blue Cruise, yachting, crewed charter, Sailing Yacht - TURKEY
		Dear Guest, My crewed charter Boat "Flying Carpet" is ready to blue cruise at gorgeous bays of TURKISH RIVIREA and GREEK ISLANDS.
		Sponge diving boat of early days, fades away (Gulet, also known as Gullet) leaving the trade to comfortable, purpose-built motor sailing.
		1927 model cetch rigged replica, Flying Carpet blends classic handcrafted wooden boat causiness with modern comfort to her guests with 3 crew ;skipper, chef and a deckboy.
	www.flying-carpet.org (273 words)

	The Indian Ocean Flying Boat Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Association was formed in 1988 after a meeting of old comrades from various Flying Boat Squadrons in the Far East.
		The Members are from all Catalina and Sunderland Flying Boat Squadrons who flew from bases in and around The Indian Ocean.
		Anyone interested in Flying Boat Operations in the Far East during W.W.II is also able to join as an Associate Member.
	www.flyingboats.org.uk (386 words)

	Flying RIB or Flying Inflatable Boat (FIB)
		The boat jumps from one wave to another without any problems until it reaches it's take of speed.
		In the case of a bad landings, the boat slips around on the water, thus avoiding capsizing and other damage.
		Without a wing the FIB is a very fast airboat, the wheel kit transforms the FIB into a land trike to fly on land or, with skis, on ice and snow.
	www.medboat.com /watertoys/flyrib_why.shtml (462 words)

	Kawanishi H8K - IJN Flying Boat
		During the early part of the Pacific War the Japanese Navy's standard ocean patrol flying boat was the H6K - which the Allies gave the reporting-name 'Mavis'.
		It was beyond dispute the best, most advanced, flying boat in the world until years after World War Two.
		These powerful flying boats ranged the Pacific on many audacious 24-hour missions, and proved formidable.
	www.angelfire.com /fm/compass/H8K.htm (390 words)

	Great Day Flying Boats
		I thought pigs had a better chance of flying than boats did, but thanks to Doi Malingri’s invention of the Flying Inflatable Boat pigs are gonna be the last of the two to become airborne.
		Polaris Motor first manufactured the FIB in 1987 and their idea was to make a seaworthy boat that could land and take off where the smaller conventional float plane types could not.
		So the plan was not to make a plane float, but to make a boat fly.
	www.whenboatsfly.com (276 words)

	Flying Scot® Sailboats
		Our new boat order form specifically lists all standard options and parts lists for our Family, Standard Racing, and Radical Racing Packages.
		was flat-out flying at the 2004 Flying Scot NAs.
		The wide side deck and seat allow the Scot to take a knock- down with little or no water in the boat, and one person can easily right her in the water.
	www.flyingscot.com (583 words)

	The Short Sunderland Flying Boat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Great Britain had nothing to match the new American Sikorsky flying boats that were making headlines all over the world, and the powers-that-be in Britain felt something should be done.
		In response, British Imperial Airways announced a competition for 28 flying boats, each weighing 16.4 tonnes (18 tons) and having a range of 1,130 kilometers (700 miles) with a capacity of 24 passengers.
		Of course, then I became aware that aircraft nicknames are often fabrications created by propagandists or overly-imaginative writers, and wondered whether the Germans actually did call the Sunderland the Flying Porcupine, After all this time that may be difficult to prove one way or another, and not particularly worth the effort.
	www.faqs.org /docs/air/avsund.html (4756 words)

	Navy-Curtiss NC-4 Flying Boat - USA
		Nevertheless, the three-engined installation was considered inadequate for transatlantic flying, and completion of the second, third and fourth aircraft was delayed while a fourth engine was included in the design.
		Furthermore, each airplane had its own flying characteristics and cruising speed; NC-4 was the fastest and NC-1 the slowest of the three.
		They would fly it with tens and even hundreds of passengers, at speeds and with comforts difficult to imagine in 1919.
	www.aviation-history.com /navy/nc4.html (2485 words)

	Boeing 314
		Although the sense of the luxury that surrounded flying would remain with people for generations, the trans-oceanic flying boats made passenger travel more available to the public.
		The great flying boats were destroyed, sold off to start-up airlines — seven to the new World Airways — or were cannibalized for parts.
		Unfortunately all of the Pan Am flying boats are gone, but the Martin Company did manufacture a flying boat during the Second World War, the Martin M-150 "Mars". Two of the four aircraft manufactured still fly! Please visit them at their home in Canada.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/Lab/4515/clipper.html (1044 words)

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		It would be manufactured in greater numbers than any flying boat before or since.
		The prototype XP3Y-1 achieved a speed of 184 mph - high for a flying boat in 1935.
		Many hundreds of both the boat and the amphibian version were built by Canadian Vickers (as the PBV-1) and Boeing Canada (as the PB2B-1).
	www.angelfire.com /fm/compass/Catalina.htm (513 words)

	Seair the Flying Boat Specifications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Because you can park your flying boat in the garage, there are no costly marina or aircraft-hanger storage fees.
		The inflatable raft is a sturdy, hard-bottom boat weighing approximately 130 pounds.
		Personal flying watercraft is the stuff dreams are made of.
	www.usairborne.com /flying_boat.html (304 words)

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