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In the ensuing decades, floatplanes and flying boats went through a period of rapid development opening up a world of travel exploration.
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Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 9 July 2025
Just nine years after that first successful flight, the long-range Curtiss Model H became the first flying boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean, from Newfoundland to Plymouth, England.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 9 July 2025
At the World Government Summit earlier this month, Dubai revealed its latest round of wacky transport ideas, from a flying boat to a trackless tram — and of course, Elon Musk’s Loop.
—Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Many think of seaplanes as things of the past – relics of a bygone age of Pan Am Clippers and Short Sunderland flying boats that have have slowly disappeared, leaving only a few tiny float planes used by fishermen headed for the Canadian wilds.
—New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2025
Two sea planes took off that night in search of Flight 19, though one of those flying boats also vanished from radar, and its 13-member crew went missing.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Iconic Boeing aircraft ranged from the stylish Boeing 314 flying boat to the B-17 and B-29 bombers that helped win World War II.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
And on a related note, if the name Sikorsky rings a bell, that’s because Igor’s grandfather, a Russian immigrant, earned renown building flying boats and making the helicopter viable.
—Hilary Nangle, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2023
On April 26, 1983, 11 people were killed when a flying boat crashed during practice for an air show in Iwakuni, and 14 died a week earlier when two Air Self-Defense Force transports flying in formation crashed into an island in Ise Bay, according to the database.
—Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
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Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 9 July 2025
Just nine years after that first successful flight, the long-range Curtiss Model H became the first flying boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean, from Newfoundland to Plymouth, England.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 9 July 2025
At the World Government Summit earlier this month, Dubai revealed its latest round of wacky transport ideas, from a flying boat to a trackless tram — and of course, Elon Musk’s Loop.
—Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Many think of seaplanes as things of the past – relics of a bygone age of Pan Am Clippers and Short Sunderland flying boats that have have slowly disappeared, leaving only a few tiny float planes used by fishermen headed for the Canadian wilds.
—New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2025
Two sea planes took off that night in search of Flight 19, though one of those flying boats also vanished from radar, and its 13-member crew went missing.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Iconic Boeing aircraft ranged from the stylish Boeing 314 flying boat to the B-17 and B-29 bombers that helped win World War II.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
And on a related note, if the name Sikorsky rings a bell, that’s because Igor’s grandfather, a Russian immigrant, earned renown building flying boats and making the helicopter viable.
—Hilary Nangle, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2023
On April 26, 1983, 11 people were killed when a flying boat crashed during practice for an air show in Iwakuni, and 14 died a week earlier when two Air Self-Defense Force transports flying in formation crashed into an island in Ise Bay, according to the database.
—Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
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“Flying boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flying%20boat. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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