Noun
a large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoons
Source: WordNetAfterward, a wing-float and bottom gasoline tank from Amundsen's French Latham 47 flying boat, adapted as a replacement wing-float, were found near the Tromsø coast. Source: Internet
A PBY Catalina flying boat under the command of Lieutenant R. Adrian Marks was dispatched to lend assistance and report. Source: Internet
He later performed the first water ski jump in 1925 and was pulled along at convert by a Curtiss flying boat later that year. Source: Internet
For example, on July 10, 1944, a U.S. Navy Martin PBM-3-D Mariner flying boat (BuNo 48199), piloted by William Hines, had an engine fire and made a forced landing in the ocean offshore of Howland. Source: Internet
Of these, about 1,000 served in the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry regiment formed from the Royal Guernsey Militia in 1916. citation In August 1917, Guernsey hosted an anti submarine French flying boat squadron, erecting hangars near Castle Cornet. Source: Internet
Stroud, Feb 1991, pp.115–120 *On 31 December 1935, Short Calcutta G-AASJ City of Khartoum crashed off Alexandria, Egypt due to fuel exhaustion; twelve of 13 on board drowned when the flying boat sank. Source: Internet