The year 1919 was memorable in the history of aviation for the first successful flight across the Atlantic, achieved by aviators of the United States Navy using NC flying boats, jointly developed by the United States Navy and the Curtiss Engineering Corporation, the N in the designation standing for navy and the C for Curtiss. [...]
The Ago pursuit-type flying boat was an Austrian biplane that the Italians captured a number of. It was distinguished by a radically different type of construction in that the usual interplane struts were replaced by a spider-shaped member composed of steel tubes.
Top Speed: n.a.
Engine: six-cylinder Warskalowski motor rated at 218 h.p.
Wingspan: [...]
Whether equipped with floats as a seaplane or with a landing gear, the Standard twin- motored seaplane is of a size that is commonly termed a battle plane. It has a total weight of 2 1/2 tons fully loaded and, at an economical speed, has a cruising range of 450 miles. The fuel tanks, carried [...]
The chief distinguishing feature of the Gallaudet seaplane is the employment a four-blade propeller acting as a pusher in connection with a fuselage design similar in most respects to the tractor type.
Top Speed: 92 m.p.h.
Engine: two Duesenberg inlines
Wingspan: 47 feet
Weight: 4,600 pounds
Specifications from “Practical Aviation,†by Charles Hayward, 1919
The manner in [...]
Curtiss “Cruiser”.
Top Speed: n.a.
Engine: two Curtiss eight-cylinders
Wingspan: 75.8 feet
Weight: over 4,000 pounds
Specifications from “Practical Aviation,†by Charles Hayward, 1919
Designed for sporting rather than for military use, the design and equipment of the Curtiss “cruiser”, afford an indication of the trend that development undoubtedly will take once the war is over. It [...]
Perhaps the most remarkable achievement of 1912 was the Curtiss flying-boat. Glenn Curtiss, who won the James Gordon Bennett race in 1909, had succeeded in rising from the water in 1913 with a similar biplane fitted with a central pontoon float instead of a wheeled under-carriage. This he made into a genuine flying-boat, consisting [...]
In its wing plan, the Burgess scout seaplane, resembles a sesquiplane, such as the Nieuport, in that the lower wings are so much shorter than the upper that it is almost a monoplane with auxiliary wings. It is also distinguished by the elimination of interplane struts, their place being taken by two flat [...]
Coast Guard Dolphin in NYC
Aero Digest specsEast Boston (now Logan) airport in 1936.
Eight-place high-wing amphibion monoplane.
Two P. & W. Wasp engines, 450 h.p. each.
The Douglas Dolphin was an amphibious flying boat. While fewer than 60 were built, they served a wide variety of roles: private ” air yacht”, airliner, military transport, and search and rescue. [...]
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Bridgeport, Conn.
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• Seventeen-place high-wing amphibion. Two P. & W. Hornet S1E-G engines, 750 horsepower each.
Span 84 feet. Length overall 50 feet 5 inches. Height overall 17 feet 9 inches. Wing area 775 square feet. Chord 11 feet 6 inches. Power loading 11.7 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading [...]
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• Thirty-seven place high-wing seaplane. ATC 544. Four P. & W. S5D-1G Hornet engines, 700 horsepower each.
Span 114 feet 2 inches. Length overall 67 feet 8 inches. Height overall 17 feet 4 inches. Wing area 1330 square feet. Power loading 13.57 pounds per horsepower. [...]
