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Seaplane Collection

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Macchi Varese

Macchi Varese
circa 1928: A record breaking plane, the Italian Macchi Varese Type 52 seaplane which won the 1926 Schneider Cup. It has a 12 cylinder A93 engine capable of 512 kilometres per hour

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Seaplane Launch

Seaplane Launch
August 1929: Launching a Vickers Supermarine Rolls Royce S6 at Calshot, Southampton, a competitor in the Schneider Trophy Cup. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Seaplane At Rest

Seaplane At Rest
June 1929: A US Navy seaplane rests on the catapult track on the deck of the USS Raleigh, which is berthing at Gravesend, Kent. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Russian Front

Russian Front
1918: A seaplane skims across the water at Troitsa, during the Allied landings on the Murmansk-Archangel front to intervene in the Russian revolution

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Seaplane

Seaplane
circa 1916: A Fairey F17 Campania seaplane is lowered onto the water from an arircraft carrier, ready to take part in the Allied intervention in the Russian revolution

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Seaplane landing at sunset, silhouette, 3D graphics

Seaplane landing at sunset, silhouette, 3D graphics

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Red seaplane with propellor at front

Red seaplane with propellor at front

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Various forms of travel above and on ocean, including helicopter, yachts, and aircraft

Various forms of travel above and on ocean, including helicopter, yachts, and aircraft

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Seaplane

Seaplane
Circa 1920: Sideview of large seaplane Rohrbach Romar. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Hitching A Lift

Hitching A Lift
1938: 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)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Seaplane landing, silhouette, 3D graphics

Seaplane landing, silhouette, 3D graphics

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Seaplanes at lake Rotorua

Seaplanes at lake Rotorua

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Ditched Seaplane

Ditched Seaplane
A ditched British seaplane sinking into the sea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Nairana

Nairana
March 1919: The British warship HMS Nairana, a seaplane carrier converted from an incomplete freighter, at Rosyth. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Fleet At Portsmouth

Fleet At Portsmouth
8th July 1912: Aeroplanes after having been shipped by the Fleet at Portsmouth. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: The French Spad

The French Spad
11th July 1919: The French SPAD competing in the Schneider Cup, the International Seaplane Race held at Bournemouth. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Seaplane Race

Seaplane Race
4th September 1919: Jacques Schneider Trophy National Seaplane Race, Hawkers Sopwith seaplane at East Cowes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: British Entrants

British Entrants
4th September 1919: The two British entrants the Hawkers Sopwith and Nicholls Fairey drawn up side by side at East Cowes during the Schneider Trophy International Seaplane Race

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Fairey Entrant

Fairey Entrant
4th September 1919: Fairey machine at East Cowes in the Schneider Trophy national Seaplane Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: AVRO Entry

AVRO Entry
11th September 1919: The AVRO entry in the Schneider International Seaplane Race, Bournemouth. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Enchanted Waters

Enchanted Waters
16th August 1913: During a waterplane race round Britain, Lieutenant Travers on his seaplane pays a visit to the Enchantress. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Schneider Entrant

Schneider Entrant
19th August 1929: A Gloster Napier 6, one of the aircraft with which Britain hopes to retain the 1929 Schneider Trophy, at Calshot, Southampton. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Dornier Flying Boat

Dornier Flying Boat
circa 1930: The Do R4 Dornier Flying Boat invented by German pioneer Claude Dornier (1884 - 1969). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Stunt Flying

Stunt Flying
Irish aviator Francis McClean (1876 - 1955) flies his Short seaplane through Tower Bridge, over the River Thames, 10th August 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Schneider Cup

Schneider Cup
Crowds watching the Schneider Trophy International Seaplane Race from Bournemouth pier. The race was won by Italian Guido Janello in his Savoia S13 plane. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Sopwith Tabloid

Sopwith Tabloid
Aviator Howard Pixton in a Sopwith Tabloid. The aircraft won the second Schneider Trophy race in Monaco. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Supermarine Seaplane

Supermarine Seaplane
October 1925: The Vickers Supermarine Seaplane is put through its paces at Brough Aerodrome near Hull. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: US Navy Curtiss NC4

US Navy Curtiss NC4
June 1919: A US Navy Curtiss NC-4 at Plymouth, one of three planes to attempt the first transatlantic crossing. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: British Air Heroes

British Air Heroes
circa 1926: The sea planes of Captain W H Pulford and his companions alighting at the Lee on Solent after flying 14, 000 miles from Cairo to the Cape. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Calcutta

Calcutta
1928: The seaplane Calcutta lying off the Houses of Parliament on the Thames. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Sea Lion III

Sea Lion III
September 1923: The Vickers Supermarine Sea Lion III during preparations for the Scheider Cup race at Cowes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Dornier Flying Boat

Dornier Flying Boat
circa 1930: The Do R4 Dornier Flying Boat invented by German pioneer Claude Dornier (1884 - 1969). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: Sea-plane at dock

Sea-plane at dock
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Sea-plane at dock. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageSeaplane Collection: 1916 Bi-Plane

1916 Bi-Plane
July 1966: A 1916 seaplane bi-plane, the first model to be produced by the Boeing aircraft company is seen here flying again at Seattle Washington


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