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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.
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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
Poised on this side of the Atlantic ocean, ready for the first history-making flight, is an 82,500-pound, all-metal Boeing flying boat—the largest in the world-powered by four great engines and capable of flying 4,275 miles, non-stop, with full load.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 30 Oct. 2020
First unveiled in 1947, the flying boat was used for search and rescue by the United States Air Force, the US Navy and the US Coast Guard before the model was eventually retired in 1995.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2022
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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
Poised on this side of the Atlantic ocean, ready for the first history-making flight, is an 82,500-pound, all-metal Boeing flying boat—the largest in the world-powered by four great engines and capable of flying 4,275 miles, non-stop, with full load.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 30 Oct. 2020
First unveiled in 1947, the flying boat was used for search and rescue by the United States Air Force, the US Navy and the US Coast Guard before the model was eventually retired in 1995.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2022
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“Flying boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flying%20boat. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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