flying boat
Hull-bottomed aircraft
A flying boat is an aircraft with a hull designed to land on and take off from water, distinct from floatplanes that use pontoons.
Flying boats were important for long-distance travel before runways could accommodate large aircraft: Pan Am's flying boats crossed the Pacific in the 1930s.
The design has largely disappeared from commercial aviation.
California coastal resort island
- SunderlandNortheast English port city
- GrummanAmerican aircraft company
- MartinLatin-rooted masculine name
- ShortLimited in length
Empire · Sikorsky · amphibian · hull · sponson · radial engine · mooring · planing
Safe anchorage for ships
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- slipwayInclined shore for launching
- jettyStructure extending into water
- buoyTethered nautical signal
anchor · pontoon · hull · nautical · seaworthy · water landing · splash down · taxiing
Defunct American international carrier
- transoceanicCrossing a major sea
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- island hoppingTraveling between nearby landmasses
- luxury cabinPremium rustic dwelling
sleeping berth · dining service · steward · passenger lounge · refueling stop · flight itinerary · long-haul · remote outpost
Regular surveillance route
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- air-sea rescueExtracting people from water
- torpedo bomberAircraft launching underwater projectiles
- depth chargeTimed underwater anti-submarine munition
gunner · turret · wartime · Coral Sea · search and rescue · mission · squadron · military transport
Period of peak prosperity
- prewarBefore a conflict
- interwarBetween major conflicts
- 1930sFourth decade, twentieth century
- airmailPost sent aloft
Charles Lindbergh · Howard Hughes · canvas · art deco · nostalgia · barnstormer · warbird · restoration
Catalina
California coastal resort island
- SunderlandNortheast English port city
- GrummanAmerican aircraft company
- MartinLatin-rooted masculine name
Short · Empire · Sikorsky · amphibian · hull · sponson · radial engine · mooring · planing · waterbird
harbor
Safe anchorage for ships
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- slipwayInclined shore for launching
- jettyStructure extending into water
buoy · anchor · pontoon · hull · nautical · seaworthy · water landing · splash down · taxiing · open water
Pan Am
Defunct American international carrier
- transoceanicCrossing a major sea
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- island hoppingTraveling between nearby landmasses
luxury cabin · sleeping berth · dining service · steward · passenger lounge · refueling stop · flight itinerary · long-haul · remote outpost · adventure travel
patrol
Regular surveillance route
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- air-sea rescueExtracting people from water
- torpedo bomberAircraft launching underwater projectiles
depth charge · gunner · turret · wartime · Coral Sea · search and rescue · mission · squadron · military transport
golden age
Period of peak prosperity
airmail · Charles Lindbergh · Howard Hughes · canvas · art deco · nostalgia · barnstormer · warbird · restoration · museum piece
- aircraftairplane, airplanes, plane, biplane, planes
- aircraft typesseaplane, Boeing 737, fighter jets, bush plane, crop duster
- Aviation HistoryWright Brothers, Wright Flyer, Wright brothers, Kitty Hawk, first flight
- aerial firefightingair tanker, water bomber, scooper, aerial attack, Erickson
- seaplanesseaplanes, floatplanes, amphibian, Catalina, Sunderland
- aviationaircraft, airports, flight, airplane, airplanes
flying boatsubmarine
Underwater naval craft
underground train · automobile · tank · subway · bulldozer
flying boatship
Seagoing transport vessel
rowboat · sailing ship · ocean liner · cargo ship · canoe