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Saunders Roe A1; jet flying boat is towed to WestminsterLooking down on the lower Thames Reaches as the Saunders Roe A1 jet flying boat is towed to Westminster and moored off the South Bank. (Photo by Edward Miller/Getty Images)
Princess Flying Boat19th August 1952: Holidaymakers at Cowe, Isle of Wight, watching the launching of a 140 ton Saunders-Roe Princess flying boat prior to flight trials
Sea Crash4th June 1955: A four-engined Sunderland aircraft which crashed into the sea off Eastbourne is towed towards the shore. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Laying SmokeA smoke screen being laid at Naval Station Anacostia DC by a twin-engined flying boat. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
Flying Walruscirca 1924: A Vickers Supermarine Walrus in shallow waters. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
CapronissimoThe Italian Caproni Capronissimo on Lake Maggiore, Italy. With quarters for 100 passengers, it was the largest aircraft in the world, but destroyed by fire before it flew
Arctic Aircraftcirca 1925: The Dornier-Wal N25 in which Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen led an expedition to the North Pole in 1925. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
Hitching A Lift1938: A seaplane, the Mercury, sits on top of an Imperial Airways flying boat, the Maia, to form the Mayo composite aircraft. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
Flying BoatJanuary 1919: A flying boat made by Short Brothers resting in shallow water, at Rochester, Kent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Capital Flying Visit1st August 1928: The flying boat Calcutta, lands on the Thames, outside the Houses of Parliament, after its flight from Rochester to Westminster. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Wash From Flying Boat9th June 1937: As she takes off in the Solent, near Southampton, the giant Empire flying boat Capella produces an enormous wash. As seen from a passenger seat
Calcutta Flying Boatcirca 1928: The flying boat Calcutta manufactured by the Short Bros company in Rochester England. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Perry Flying Boat16th March 1914: A Perry-Beadle flying boat on display at the Olympia Aero show, Olympia, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Aircraft Exhibition16th March 1914: Penny Beadle flying boat at the Olympia aircraft show, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Racing Start15th August 1931: One of the two flying-boats engaged in a race to the Red Sea and back, a Saunders- Roe A 7, about to take off from Felixstowe Seaplane Station, Kent. (Photo by A)
Transatlantic Flight16th May 1919: The US Navy NC4 flying boat sets of on its first transatlantic flight. Alcock and Brown made first non stop crossing June 14-15 in 16 hours
Dornier DO X24th May 1932: A Dornier DO.X flying boat (D-1929) at Southampton (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Calcutta1928: The seaplane Calcutta lying off the Houses of Parliament on the Thames. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Dornier Flying Boatcirca 1930: The Do R4 Dornier Flying Boat invented by German pioneer Claude Dornier (1884 - 1969). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Dockside Lunchcirca 1939: Dockers taking lunch under the bows of the Union Castle liner Capetown Castle at Southampton. Moored near by is an Imperial Airways flying boat the Camilla. (Photo by A)
