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Aircraft History: The Era of Flying Boats

This quiz tests knowledge on flying boats and their historical significance in aviation. It covers various aspects including operational history, designs, and contributions to air travel.

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1 Navy continued to operate such aircraft (notably the ________) until the early 1970s, even attempting to build a jet-powered seaplane bomber, the Martin Seamaster.

2 [2] A ________ was used as the fuel tanker[2]

3 ________ continued to operate their flying boat services out of Southampton until November 1950.

4 In America, Wanamaker's commission built on ________' previous development and experience with the Model E for the United States Navy and soon resulted in the Model H.

5 Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, better known as Qantas, had been registered in ________ during November 1920.

6 It differs from a float plane as it uses a purpose-designed fuselage which can both float, granting the aircraft ________, and give aerodynamic sheath.

7 Three Aquila flying boats were used during the ________.

8 A flying boat is a fixed-winged ________ with a hull, allowing it to land on water.

9 The Pan Am ________ "Clipper" planes brought exotic destinations like the Far East within reach of air travelers and came to represent the romance of flight.

10 Flying boats were some of the largest aircraft of the first half of the 20th century, superseded in size only by bombers developed during ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the French flying boat Breguet 730 was designed in the 1930s, but didn't enter service in the French Navy until after the end of World War II due to the German occupation of that country.
  • the Felixstowe Fury was a five-engined triplane flying boat that crashed in 1919, the day before a planned 8,000 mile (12,900 km) flight from England to South Africa.
  • the Short Knuckleduster gull-winged flying boat never entered military service, but data from its handling and engine steam-cooling aided the design of Short's Empire and Sunderland aircraft.
  • one of the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic was the Italian Savoia-Marchetti S.55 flying boat, which went on to serve in the Luftwaffe in WWII.
  • former Prime Minister of Tonga Baron Vaea piloted PBY Catalina flying boats for the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II.
  • François Denhaut built the world's first flying boat, or seaplane with a hull.
  • Naval Aircraft Factory PN flying boats were a series of US patrol aircraft in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • Air Marshal Sir Richard Gordon Wakeford flew Catalina flying boats in the Second World War, and was involved in the last sinking of a German U-boat on 8 May 1945.
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