Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a boat, flying through the air in a Florida dock. The incident luckily left no injuries, just a wild ride. Surveillance footage from The Fish Guyz ...
Once the pinnacle of long-distance air travel, flying boats dominated the skies in the early days of commercial aviation. These massive aircraft, capable of landing on water, opened up new routes ...
From Henri Fabre's first successful take off from water and landing near Marseilles, to the introduction of a hull rather than floats by American Glenn Curtiss, to the world-wide development of huge, ...
The Boeing 314 is one of the most well-known flying boats ever developed. The plane came about through a 'contest', if you ... In the upper deck, there were seven tube-and-canvas bunks, three in the ...
Discover the rise and fall of flying boats, from their golden age in the 1930s to their eclipse by jet airliners in the 1950s. We’ll explore how Saunders-Roe’s Princess aimed to redefine air ...
Whilst serving as a Captain on Imperial Airways’ prestigious New York-Bermuda service, Alderson reported a number of serious concerns regarding carburettor icing on his Short Empire flying boat ...
Launched in 1997, Scuttlebutt provides sailing news with a North American focus. Look for the latest information to be posted on the website, with the highlights distributed in the e-Newsletter.
We'll explore five aircraft that Jimmy Buffett flew, owned, and cherished, each with its own story in his aviation legacy. Built in 1955, this amphibious flying boat started life as a long-range ...
I've found a lot of cheap marinas, and living on the boat hasn't cost me as much as I thought it would. Occasionally, I'll look at an old video I made for YouTube and wonder how I went from ...