The AD Flying Boat was designed by the British Admiralty's Air Department to serve as a patrol aircraft that could operate in conjunction with Royal Navy...
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A flying boat is a type of seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed...
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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...
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fighter plane during World War II. It also built a range of seaplanes and flying boats, winning the Schneider Trophy for seaplanes with three wins in a row...
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Supermarine Baby (category Flying boats)
smallest and fastest flying boats then in existence. Supermarine's chief designer William Hargreaves based his design on the AD Flying Boat. The Baby was given...
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584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 599 S.1 S.2 S.3 S.4 S.5 S.6 S.6A S.6B By role Under contract AD Flying Boat Baby AD Navyplane Personnel...
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100+ built AD Flying Boat, Supermarine Channel & Sea Eagle 1916 patrol and airline flying boat, 27 built. Grigorovich M-9 1916 patrol flying boat, about 500...
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584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 599 S.1 S.2 S.3 S.4 S.5 S.6 S.6A S.6B By role Under contract AD Flying Boat Baby AD Navyplane Personnel...
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Supermarine was a small company, already busy building Walrus and Stranraer flying boats, and Vickers was busy building Wellington bombers.[citation needed] The...
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list of military aircraft used by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). AD Flying Boat - 29 built Airco DH.4 Airco DH.6 Airco DH.9 Armstrong Whitworth FK.3...
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dissipated. Like other flying boats, the Walrus carried marine equipment for use on the water, including an anchor and a boat-hook. The RAAF ordered 24...
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corresponding extent and it is now considered suitable both for instrument flying and low flying. It is considered that the modifications to the Spitfire 21 make...
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584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 599 S.1 S.2 S.3 S.4 S.5 S.6 S.6A S.6B By role Under contract AD Flying Boat Baby AD Navyplane Personnel...
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584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 599 S.1 S.2 S.3 S.4 S.5 S.6 S.6A S.6B By role Under contract AD Flying Boat Baby AD Navyplane Personnel...
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1927. Between 1920 and 1936 he designed 24 aircraft, which included flying boats and racing seaplanes, light aircraft, fighters, and bombers. From 1925...
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584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 599 S.1 S.2 S.3 S.4 S.5 S.6 S.6A S.6B By role Under contract AD Flying Boat Baby AD Navyplane Personnel...
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584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 599 S.1 S.2 S.3 S.4 S.5 S.6 S.6A S.6B By role Under contract AD Flying Boat Baby AD Navyplane Personnel...
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The Supermarine Seagull was a British amphibious, military flying boat and the last to be built by the Supermarine company. Design started during the...
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Museum, Retrieved: 31 December 2016. Morrison, Geoffrey. "The fabulous flying boats of the Solent Sky museum." cnet.com, 16 July 2016. Andrews & Morgan 1987...
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48 Walrus amphibian reconnaissance aircraft and 17 Stranraer patrol flying boats. In addition the small design staff, which would have to draft the blueprints...
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584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 599 S.1 S.2 S.3 S.4 S.5 S.6 S.6A S.6B By role Under contract AD Flying Boat Baby AD Navyplane Personnel...
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post-war era he was also the chief designer of the Seagull, an amphibian flying boat. Smith was appointed as a special director of Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd...
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design for the Amphibian on Supermarine's Channel flying boat, itself a modified version of the AD Flying Boat. A reconnaissance and patrol aeroplane that was...
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Type Country Class Date Status No. Notes AD Flying Boat UK 1916 27 Aichi H9A Japan 1940 retired 31 Airbus A319 MPA France 1995 In service 0 Armstrong Whitworth...
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positioned within the aircraft's nose, it was pressurised to better facilitate flying at altitude. The powerplant selected was the Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engine...
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some 50 built. AD Flying Boat, Supermarine Channel & Sea Eagle 1916 patrol and airline flying boat, 27 built. Aeromarine 40 1919 flying boat trainer, 50...
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Requirements Unit On 23 May 1950, Vickers test pilot Les Colquhoun was flying the first production Attacker F.1 WA469. He was carrying out high-speed...
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British aircraft manufacturer Supermarine. It was the final biplane flying boat to be designed by the company, and the last biplane to enter service...
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Supermarine Channel (category Flying boats)
(originally the Supermarine Channel Type) was a modified version of the AD Flying Boat, purchased by Supermarine from the British Air Ministry and modified...
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584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 599 S.1 S.2 S.3 S.4 S.5 S.6 S.6A S.6B By role Under contract AD Flying Boat Baby AD Navyplane Personnel...
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