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Pages in category "Jet seaplanes and flying boats" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Three Canadair CL-215 amphibious flying boats. The following is a list of seaplanes, which includes floatplanes and flying boats.A seaplane is any airplane that has the capability of landing and taking off from water, while an amphibian is a seaplane which can also operate from land.
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It was too little and too late. The Thompson creditors in 1966 forced the sale of the company and Saul Padek got control of all the stock for less than $4,000 cash layout. The Thompson family was out of the boat business at Peshtigo. Under Padek's ownership Thompson Bros. Boat Mfg. Co. declared chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 1966. Padek ...
These flying boats became the backbone of the long-range aerial search and rescue efforts of the Coast Guard in the early post-war years until supplanted by the P5M Marlin and the HU-16 Albatross in the mid-1950s. [9] PBMs continued in service with the U.S. Navy following the end of World War II, flying long patrol missions during the Korean ...
B-8B Hydro-Boat - B-8 with a full boat hull intended to be towed behind another boat; B-8M Gyro-Copter - standard motorised version, main production type. Usually powered by a McCulloch 4318 engine B-8MH Hover-Gyro - twin, coaxial rotor design with powered lower rotor and autorotating upper rotor, giving it the capability of hovering. Upper ...
Jet Ferry One: P&O Jet Ferries: Sep 1979: 1982 Funchal: Far East Hydrofoil / TurboJET Hong Kong: Active No. 14 HMS Speedy (P296) Royal Navy Jan 1979 1982 Speedy Princess - Lilau Far East Hydrofoil / TurboJET Hong Kong Scrapped in 2021 (Retired in 2019) No. 15: Cú Na Mara: B&I Line: 1980: 1982 Ginga: Sado Steam Ship: Active No. 16: Jet Ferry ...
Glass Jet is the name brand of a line of fiberglass runabout boats manufactured in the 1950s. These boats are some of the earliest examples of fiberglass boat construction. Inspired by aviation and the arrival of jet airplane technology, the boats have extra large tail fins like many of the automobiles of the same