List of seaplanes and flying boats

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The following is a list of flying boats and seaplanes. (These do not include WIG or ' wing-in-ground '-effect craft, also referred to as water-skimming Wingships or, in Russia, 'ekranoplans')

Contents 1 Canada 2 China 3 France 4 Germany 5 Italy 6 Japan 7 Russia, CIS, USSR 8 United Kingdom 9 United States

[edit] Canada

• Bombardier CL-415 - 1993, firefighting, amphibious
• Canadair CL-215 - firefighting, amphibious
• De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter - Single gas turbine floatplane variant
• De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter - Twin gas turbine floatplane variant
• De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver - Single radial engine floatplane variant

[edit] China

• Harbin SH 5 - People's Republic of China, 1976, Amphibious

[edit] France

• Fabre Le Canard ' Duck ' - Henri Fabre, first seaplane flight, 1910
• Bizerte Br-521 - 3-engine prop, 1922
• Breguet Bre 731 - transport
• Farman F.168 Torp.4 - reconn/bomber
• Nord N.1402 Noroit - reconn/rescue
• Securite Civile CL-415 - small water-bomber

[edit] Germany

• Blohm & Voss BV 222
• Blohm & Voss BV 238 - heaviest aircraft of World War II
• Blohm & Voss Ha 139
• Claude Dornier Sea Star - 1986, amphibious
• Dornier Do 12
• Dornier Do 18
• Dornier Do 24
• Dornier DO 26
• Dornier Do J
• Dornier Do X - largest plane of its time (1930s)
• Arado Ar 196
• Heinkel He 115

[edit] Italy

• CANT Z. 501
• CANT Z.506
• Caproni Ca.60
• Nardi F.N. J33 Amphibian - 1950, Light amphibious
• Piaggio P136L-2 - aka Trecker Royal Gull 200
• Savoia-Marchetti S.55

[edit] Japan

• Kawanishi H6K
• Kawanishi H8K
• ShinMaywa UF-XS, US-Japan, 1962
• ShinMaywa PS-1 - 1967, ASW flying boat
• ShinMaywa US-1 - 1974, Search & rescue flying boat

[edit] Russia, CIS, USSR

• GST, USSR, 1939 based on Consolidated PBY Catalina (US)
• Beriev Be-6, USSR, 1949
• Beriev Be-8, USSR, 1947
• Beriev Be-10, USSR, 1962, jet-propelled
• Beriev Be-12 "Chayka", USSR, 1963, amphibious
• Beriev Be-40, Russia, 1986, Fan jet amphibious
• Beriev Be-103, Russia, 1990s?, amphibious passenger, delta-wing
• Beriev Be-112, Russia, 1990s?, amphibious
• Beriev Be-200, Russia, 1998, amphibious
• Beriev A-40 Albatross - world's largest, only 3 examples

[edit] United Kingdom

• Blackburn Iris
• Blackburn Perth
• Felixstowe F Series
• Gloster III - racing seaplane for 1925 Schneider Trophy
• Gloster IV - racing seaplane for 1927 Schneider Trophy
• Gloster VI - racing seaplane for 1929 Schneider Trophy
• Gloster Goring - prototype bomber tested as a seaplane
• Short Calcutta
• Short Empire
• Short Kent
• Short Sarafand - biplane, one built (S1589) to spec. R.6/28)
• Short Sandringham
• Short Sealand
• Short Solent
• Short Singapore
• Short Sunderland
• Short Shetland
• Saro Cutty Sark
• Saunders-Roe Cloud - Saunders-Roe is also known as "Saro"
• Saunders-Roe Lerwick
• Saunders-Roe London
• Saunders-Roe Princess
• Saunders-Roe Duchess - 74 seat, swept wing jet (cancelled)
• Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 - jet powered seaplane fighter
• Supermarine S.4 - Schneider Trophy
• Supermarine S.5 - Schneider Trophy
• Supermarine S.6 - Schneider Trophy - S.6B World speed record/first aircraft to exceed 400 mph
• Supermarine Scapa
• Supermarine Seagull - biplane - precursor to the "Walrus"
• Supermarine Seagull ASR-1 - Rolls Royce Griffon powered monoplane
• Supermarine Sea Lion - Schneider Trophy
• Supermarine Sea Otter - successor to the "Walrus" but tractor- rather than pusher-engined
• Supermarine Southampton
• Supermarine Stranraer
• Supermarine Walrus
• Vickers Valentia
• Vickers Viking

[edit] United States

• Boeing 314 - "Clipper" 1938-1941 Large flying boat
• Colonial Skimmer - model C-1 and C-2 were both 2-person flying boats (early 1960s)
• Consolidated Aeronautics - see Lake Aircraft, below
• Consolidated PBY Catalina, USA, 1936, maritime patrol flying boat and amphibious
• Consolidated PB2Y Coronado
• Consolidated Aircraft Commodore tourist flights to Caribbean, Rio in early 30s
• Convair F2Y Sea Dart - hydro-ski seaplane fighter prototype
• Convair R3Y Tradewind - 1954, large turboprop transport
• NC Flying Boat
  • NC-4
• Felixstowe F Series
• Grumman Duck - Light amphibious
• Grumman G-44 - "Widgeon", 1941, Light amphibious
• Grumman G-21 - "Goose", Medium amphibious
• Grumman HU-16 - "Albatross", large amphibious
• Grumman Mallard - 1946, Light amphibious
• Hughes H-4 Hercules - ("Spruce Goose") prototype
• Keystone-Loening K-84 "Commuter" "Duck"
• Lake Aircraft - LA-4, LA-4-200, LA-4-200EP, LA-250, and LA-270T, 4- and 6-passenger flying boats.
• Loening various early military amphibious aircraft.
• Martin M-130 "China Clipper". Large Flying boat similar to Boeing 314
• Martin PBM Mariner
• Martin P5M Marlin - 1957, maritime patrol & ASW flying boat
• Martin P6M SeaMaster - jet bomber, minelayer
• Martin JRM-1 Mars - WWII era plane produced by the Glenn L. Martin Company
• Sun Lake Aircraft - range of light amphibious aircraft
• Republic RC-3 Seabee - 1950, Light amphibious
• Seawind 300C - Single engine amphibious flying boat
• SeaDragon - The First All-Composite Amphibious Aircraft Built for the Light-Sport Category. www.independentaircraft.com
• Sikorsky S-36 - 8-seat two-engine flying boat
• Sikorsky S-38 - 8-seat two-engine flying boat (1928)
• Sikorsky S-39 - five-seat single-engine variant of S-38
• Sikorsky S-40 - successful 28-passenger flying boat (1931)
• Sikorsky S-41
• Sikorsky S-42 - four-engine flying boat
• Sikorsky S-43 - two-engine version of S-41
• Sikorsky VS-44 - four-engine flying boat (1942)