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The Savoia-Marchetti S.55

Savoia-Marchetti S.55 – The Unlikely Endurance Athlete

November 25, 2022December 14, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth aircraft, flying boat, Italy, Pre-war, S.55, Savoia-Marchetti, Ship

During the interwar period Italian manufacturer Savoia-Marchetti was inspired to create a new aircraft that could act as a torpedo

The Martin JRM Mars.

Martin JRM Mars – The World’s Best Firefighter

August 22, 2022December 14, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth aircraft, cold war, flying boat, Sea, wwii

It was August 1938 when the US Navy first commissioned Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company to build for them a

The Saunders-Roe Princess

SR.45 Princess – The Largest Metal Flying Boat Ever Built

August 3, 2022December 14, 2022 Jake Leigh-Howarth airliner, boat, Civil aviation, flying boat, passenger, Princess

A product of the optimism of post-World War Two Britain, the Saunders-Roe Princess, the largest metal flying boat ever created,

Prototype BV 222 V1 in flight

Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking – The German Sky Ship

March 3, 2022December 12, 2022 Nathan Cluett bv 222, bv 238, enormous, flying boat, german, large, seaplane, transport, ww2

The Blohm and Voss BV 222 Wiking was an enormous six-engine seaplane developed by the Germans just after the start