The US military has a history of great seaplanes that served as valuable rescue, air lifters and maritime patrol craft. The ...

Naval aviation in crisis -- Seaplanes and strategy -- Carrier Conundrum -- Seaplane reborn -- Designs -- SeaMaster -- New look, new missions -- Toward an operational force -- End of the line siris_sil ...

A little over 100 years ago, landing a plane on water was simply unthinkable. But very soon, designs were being drawn up that enabled a fixed-wing aircraft to do just that. The idea quickly took off, ...

Boeing is well known for both its passenger jets (such as the 757, which pilots love) and military aircraft. So it's interesting that the first plane it ever built was a seaplane called the Model 1 ...