Republic Seabee: The Delightful Flying Boat Sports Plane With a Touch of Thunderbolt DNA
22 Aug 2022, 20:04 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / From the makers of the Thunderbolt and the Warthog, this is the RC-3 Seabee. The plucky little sports flying boat with fighter plane DNA hidden inside.
Bird Innovator: an Executive Flying Boat Based on a WWII Icon With Two Extra Engines
21 Aug 2022, 15:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For those who don't have a categorical knowledge of every World War II American military plane, the PBY was the brains behind the Hellcat and Corsair's muscle.
Dornier Do X: The Largest, Most Luxurious Way to Fly 100 Years Ago
17 Aug 2022, 01:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Do X's proportions are eerily similar to modern widebody jet airliners. the Do-X's width matches that of a modern Boeing 767-300 to within inches
Saro SR-A/1: the British Flying Boat Jet Fighter That Even Had the U.S. Intrigued
16 Aug 2022, 19:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In truth, Saro had been working on the concept for a twin-engine, jet-powered flying boat since at least 1943 under Air Ministry specification E.6/44.
Martin P6M SeaMaster: Half Flying Boat, Half Strategic Jet Bomber, 100 Percent Awesome
10 Aug 2022, 20:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Of the six P6M airframes constructed, none survive today. In doing so, the Navy more or less cast out flying boats as a viable weapon of war.
Before Gigantic Airports, Water Was an Airplane's Playground
6 Aug 2022, 05:57 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In 2022, it's almost unfathomable to believe that in the distance, takeoff and landing by water were by far the preferred method o flight.
Forget a Private Yacht, This Grumman Goose in Pan Am Liveries Does What They Can't
12 Jul 2022, 19:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Happily, this old Goose is owned not by an eccentric multimillionaire aviator. Instead, it's in the collection of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in New York.
World's Second Largest Flying Boat Fails to Sell for Sixth Consecutive Year
14 Mar 2022, 03:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Powering this aircraft is a set of four Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone 18-cylinder radial engines generating 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) each