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Why giant flying boats disappeared

The Saunders Roe Queen was a proposed flying ocean liner designed to carry hundreds of passengers in luxury across the globe.
The Short Sunderland was a iconic British flying boat that played a crucial role in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. Developed from a civilian airliner design, this four-engine aircraft ...
Flying boats opened up travel destinations around the world—then they went to war Dave Kindy A Sikorsky S-43 banks near Galveston, Texas, in 1993. Nicknamed the “baby clipper,” it was a smaller ...
The U.S. military has employed a wide variety of aircraft over the years to transport troops, deliver cargo, and engage in combat. Perhaps no aircraft in its historical fleet, however, is more random ...