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Presidents have been flying since Teddy Roosevelt took off in a Wright Brothers biplane on a campaign swing in 1910 and Franklin Roosevelt crossed the Atlantic in office on a flying boat during World War II.
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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
These flights from Perth to Sri Lanka and on to London (in four days) were, made from 1943 to 1945 using lumbering PBY Catalina flying boats.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Boeing also was the first to fly U.S. presidents when, in 1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first sitting president to fly, traveling on a Boeing 314 flying boat operated by Pan Am.
—John Pacenti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Between world wars, Pan Am used the airport for takeoffs and landings of its famous flying boats, the Clippers, eventually leading to the groundbreaking and construction of the airport.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
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, AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 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
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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
These flights from Perth to Sri Lanka and on to London (in four days) were, made from 1943 to 1945 using lumbering PBY Catalina flying boats.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Boeing also was the first to fly U.S. presidents when, in 1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first sitting president to fly, traveling on a Boeing 314 flying boat operated by Pan Am.
—John Pacenti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Between world wars, Pan Am used the airport for takeoffs and landings of its famous flying boats, the Clippers, eventually leading to the groundbreaking and construction of the airport.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
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, AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 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
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“Flying boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flying%20boat. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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