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Definition of Flying boat
1. Noun. A large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoons.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flying Boat
Literary usage of Flying boat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Textbook of Naval Aeronautics by Henry Woodhouse (1917)
"CHAPTER XXVIII THE EVOLUTION OF THE SEAPLANE AND THE flying boat In broad outlines a
... The flying boat, which was developed a year after the ..."
2. Challenging Horizons: Qantas 1939-1954 by John Gunn (1987)
"(In June 1939, Taylor had undertaken a remarkable survey flight across the Indian
Ocean by flying boat to explore, as a defence precaution, the possibility ..."
3. Textbook of Applied Aeronautic Engineering by Henry Woodhouse (1920)
"1 The F-5-L Navy flying boat, equipped with two Liberty motors. ... SPECIFICATIONS
OF NAVY FSL flying boat Overall upper wing (including ailerons) 103 ft. ..."
4. Applied Aerodynamics by Leonard Bairstow (1920)
"Flying-boat (Fig. 3).—The difference of shape from the land types is marked in
several directions, as will be seen from the illustration relating to the ..."
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