This is the story of the Canadair CL-415, a Canadian-designed, Canadian-built amphibious water bomber pulling overtime over ...

The Grumman HU-16 Albatross, fondly named "Hemisphere Dancer," is perhaps the most legendary aircraft associated with Jimmy ...

In 1911, Glenn Curtiss was awarded the prestigious Collier Trophy for the development of the hydroaeroplane, a land airplane mounted on floats. In 1913, Curtiss developed the first practical and ...

THIS is the moment a new flying drone ship skims across the ocean to fly 10 times faster than a boat. Aptly named the ... and it'll cost a fraction of a plane journey to use.

Despite the decline of flying boats, there is still potential for a newly engineered flying boat design, as demonstrated by Catalina Aircraft's attempt to revive the Consolidated Catalina flying boat.

China claims to have successfully tested a new sea plane, purportedly the largest in the world, and while its primary purposes are firefighting and water rescue, this new aircraft could be used to ...

The company claims its autonomous drone will operate at a quarter of the cost of traditional aircraft, while flying 10 times faster than a boat. It will deliver similar cargo payloads to a van ...

With all passengers safely evacuated, the focus shifted to the crippled flying boat. The partly submerged aircraft was slowly towed towards the safety of Calshot RAF station. However, fate had one ...

CycloTech, an aviation firm based in Linz, has unveiled Blackbird, a flying taxi that uses a futuristic boat-inspired all ... take-off weight of 340kg, the aircraft carries two people through ...

(Eric Allen) Amongst all the aircraft to have entered service in Australia over the past few decades, the Short family of large flying boats must surely be the most evocative. Most aircraft ...