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An air transport mode using powered fixed-wing aircraft able to take off from and land on open water instead of a paved runway. Frenchman Henri Fabre flew the first successful seaplane, his Gnome Omega-powered Fabre Hydravion, on 28 March 1910, and flying boats went on to dominate long-distance international aviation through the 1930s and 1940s, carrying passengers and mail across oceans and into regions with no land-based airport at all. The mode declined sharply after the Second World War as paved runways spread worldwide and conventional land-based airliners proved faster and cheaper to operate, though seaplanes still serve remote coastal and island communities and specialized charter routes today.

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Core Concern
Landing and taking off from open water on a fixed-wing aircraft instead of a paved runway 1
Origin Year
1910 1
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Exemplified By

Boeing 314 Clipper, Vehicles
Boeing Model 6D, Vehicles
Source Boeing Model 6D (Wikipedia)
Consolidated PBY Catalina, Vehicles
Dornier Do 26, Vehicles
Source Dornier Do 26 (Wikipedia)
Dornier Do E, Vehicles
Source Dornier Do E (Wikipedia)
Dornier Do X, Vehicles
Flying Boat, Vehicles
Kawanishi H8K, Vehicles
Martin PBM Mariner, Vehicles
Northrop N-3PB Nomad, Vehicles
Source Northrop N-3PB Nomad (Wikipedia)
Saunders-Roe Princess, Vehicles
Short Sunderland, Vehicles
Supermarine Sea Lion II, Vehicles
Source Supermarine Sea Lion II (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Seaplane
Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.
  • Overview
    Seaplanes are usually divided into two categories based on their technological characteristics: floatplanes and flying boats; the latter are generally far larger and can carry far more.
  • History
    Aviation's earliest pioneers looked to bodies of water to serve as runways for take-offs and landings, a practice that began in earnest in the 1910s.
  • In Category: Modes
  • Part Of: Aviation
  • In Group: Commercial and General Aviation Modes, Lead paragraph
    A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.
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Boeing Model 6D (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Boeing Model 6D, Lead, flying boat (mode)
Quote, Exemplified By: Boeing Model 6D, Lead, flying boat (mode)
was an American pusher biplane flying-boat built by Boeing between 1928 and 1929
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Supermarine Sea Lion II (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Supermarine Sea Lion II, Lead, flying boat (mode)
Quote, Exemplified By: Supermarine Sea Lion II, Lead, flying boat (mode)
The Supermarine Sea Lion II was a British racing flying boat
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Dornier Do E (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Dornier Do E, Lead, flying boat
Quote, Exemplified By: Dornier Do E, Lead, flying boat
The Dornier Do E was a small German flying boat of 1924, designed for reconnaissance missions.
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Dornier Do 26 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Dornier Do 26, Lead, aircraft role
Quote, Exemplified By: Dornier Do 26, Lead, aircraft role
The Dornier Do 26 was an all-metal gull-winged flying boat produced before and during World War II by Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany.
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Northrop N-3PB Nomad (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Northrop N-3PB Nomad, Lead
Quote, Exemplified By: Northrop N-3PB Nomad, Lead
The Northrop N-3PB Nomad was a single-engined American floatplane of the 1940s.
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