"For a time, the flying boat was seen as the way of the future. These aircraft, so strange and foreign to the modern mind, once criss-crossed the world and fulfilled essential military roles. In his ...
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The PBM Mariner was better than the Catalina in almost every way, and still got forgotten
Martin’s PBM Mariner emerges from the late 1930s as a giant flying boat designed to outclass earlier patrol aircraft in range, payload, endurance, and crew comfort. Built with a huge hull, gull wings, ...
"From the early 1930s until the end of that decade long-distance air travel was the preserve of the flying-boat, which transported well-heeled passengers in ocean-liner style and comfort across the ...
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