| 单词 | flying boat |
| 例句 | But how do you explain being visited by your missing brother in a dream where you took a flying boat to go look at some underwater trains without sounding delusional? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Unlike a seaplane, which lands on pontoons, a flying boat sets down on its entire hull. At Auction: A Glenn Curtiss-Designed Flying Boat 2010-04-12T21:30:00Z The plane, a Curtiss flying boat, was manufactured in 1917 at a Philadelphia naval plant and meant for training pilots. Antiques: Asian Art in Galleries and the Ukrainian Institute 2010-03-18T22:14:00Z Fighter aircraft, parachute displays, the Red Arrows, wingwalkers, a Battle of Britain Memorial flight, a flying boat, a P–51 Mustang and fireworks should ensure that your eyes are fixed skywards for the entire weekend. This week's new events 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z “President Franklin D. Roosevelt traveled by Boeing Clipper to meet with Winston Churchill at the Casablanca Conference in 1943. On the way home, Roosevelt celebrated his birthday in the flying boat’s dining room.” Archivists share their most-requested Pacific Northwest images; here’s how to make them yours 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z “I heard a rumbling sound and saw a flying boat, as Thais called it back then,” recalled an animated Mr. Sao, now 87. In a Remote Thai Village, Digging for Clues to a Lost Pilot 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Here, after World War II, the quixotic — all right, yes, and the downright weird — aviator/producer/industrialist Howard Hughes built the enormous wooden flying boat that just about everyone but Hughes called the Spruce Goose. Actors, bandits, priests and one English bulldog: The names behind L.A. beaches 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z He had left California unexpectedly the day before as a stand-in for an ill radio man onboard the Pacific Clipper, a large flying boat — essentially a seaplane on steroids. How Pearl Harbor forced the first around-the-globe commercial flight 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Farther west are Hangar 7 and the Marine Air Terminal, known as Terminal A, where terra cotta flying fish symbolize the Boeing 314 Clipper flying boats that skimmed across nearby Bowery Bay in 1939. AP PHOTOS: The old and the new at rebuilt LaGuardia Airport 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Qantas began operating flying boats to Singapore taking off from Sydney’s first international airport on its harbour at Rose Bay. Timeline: Australian airline Qantas turns 100 years old 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Other items include the two-tone jacket Hughes wore while piloting his huge Spruce Goose flying boat, his trademark fedora hat and contracts for multiple movies. Katharine Hepburn's love letters to Howard Hughes up for auction 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z It started with a sporty flying boat called the Flyer and then expanded to include Cora, a two-seater flying taxi. Wisk strikes a deal to conduct a flying taxi trial in New Zealand 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Pan Am pioneered the use of flying boats in the 1930s. How Pearl Harbor forced the first around-the-globe commercial flight 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z He started with Cora, a two-seater flying taxi, then added a sporty flying boat called Flyer, both developed by a company called Kitty Hawk. Larry Page is quietly amassing a ‘flying car’ empire 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z In June, it unveiled a one-person flying boat called the Flyer. Ready for liftoff? Two flying taxi startups got Pentagon funding 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z One Allied plane was shot down - reportedly an RAF Catalina flying boat. Spain divers find Nazi U-boat wreckage 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The AG600 may be a record beater at the moment but is dwarfed by the famous flying boat of billionaire Howard Hughes. World's largest amphibious plane takes off 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z Service on board the flying boat — essentially a glamorous luxury ocean liner in the sky — was exceptional, with gourmet meals cooked in onboard galleys and served in dining rooms. How Pearl Harbor forced the first around-the-globe commercial flight 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z It shows a Boeing Clipper flying boat, surely one of the most beautiful and romantic passenger airplanes ever built, taking off from Elliott Bay with Seattle’s familiar skyline in the background. ‘Jet City Rewind’: a pictorial guide to Seattle’s aviation history 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Bookend bosses haunt torchlit castles and flying boats, and finish lines are still comprised of flagpoles players have to do their best to vault atop. Review: 'Super Mario Run' Is the Perfect Mobile Mario Game 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Only a dozen of the flying boats were built. Valet parking for planes at Museum of Flight 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The flying boat is officially promoted as a fire-fighting or search and rescue plane. China unveils J-20 stealth jet fighter in show of military might 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Dutch fighters, already in dogfights with enemy aircraft, now looked suspiciously at the large gray flying boat trying to land in Java. How Pearl Harbor forced the first around-the-globe commercial flight 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z First flown in 1947 at the show it was an heroic but ultimately flawed attempt to marry a long-range fighter with a flying boat. Farnborough: A key role in Britain's aerospace industry - BBC News 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The remains of lost World War Two flying boats and anchors from the 18th Century were also investigated and recorded. Lost ships and aircraft recorded in sea off Scotland - BBC News 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Fixed-wing aircraft, such as Pan American Airways’ speedy “flying boats,” became increasingly popular and more economical. A New Generation of Airships Is Born 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z There were an estimated six of these planes — also called "flying boats" — in the bay at the time of the attack, but Van Tilburg said nobody is sure what happened to the others. New images show large seaplane that sank 74 years ago in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z He flew without any sudden course corrections and landed the flying boat in the harbor. How Pearl Harbor forced the first around-the-globe commercial flight 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Though known as a flying boat, it also was a kind of airborne inn, with sleeping berths and waiters trained in luxury hotels. ‘Hawaii by Air’ exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum Among the project's highlights were the recording of a group of previously unreported WW2 flying boats in the Firth of Lorn in Argyll. Lost ships and aircraft recorded in sea off Scotland - BBC News 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Ian MacGregor, a British Airways pilot whose father flew Atlantic flying boats, recalls that the latter charted the heavens with a sextant. Shannon Airport: A curious history of celebrity visitors 2014-04-19T01:26:49Z Hughes Aircraft Co. designed and delivered the world's largest flying boat in the form of the H-4 Hercules, a 180,000-kilogram behemoth aircraft nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" by unflattering media reports. Crazy Military Vehicles that Died as Prototypes [Slide Show] 2014-04-03T14:45:00Z Departures and arrivals are two of the most difficult maneuvers on a flying boat, which requires more than a thousand yards of calm, clear water for smooth flight to begin or end. How Pearl Harbor forced the first around-the-globe commercial flight 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Such vehicles also range in size from a single-person, flying scout vehicle to a huge flying boat designed to airlift hundreds of troops across the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Crazy Military Vehicles that Died as Prototypes [Slide Show] 2014-04-03T15:15:00Z A Curtiss flying boat reached Lisbon from Newfoundland. From Flying Boats to Jumbo Jets: 100 Years of Commercial Flight 2013-12-30T16:51:32Z The flying boat's approach was always low and slow, she tells me, so you could see it far off, and very quiet. Tinned pineapple in the Pacific Islands 2013-08-25T23:09:53Z When German submarines threatened Allied shipping lanes during World War II, the U.S. government ordered a huge flying boat capable of carrying 750 troops or two Sherman tanks safely across the Atlantic Ocean. Crazy Military Vehicles that Died as Prototypes [Slide Show] 2014-04-03T14:45:00Z “A flying boat doesn’t land — it alights on water,” van der Linden said. How Pearl Harbor forced the first around-the-globe commercial flight 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Before World War II it was where flying boats arrived after crossing the Atlantic. How real is The Great Gatsby's playboy island? 2013-05-14T23:40:06Z Pembroke Dock was the base for the Sunderland flying boats, and at one time 99 of the planes were stationed at its RAF station. War U-boat fight honoured by plaque 2013-05-12T13:43:33Z Air travel in the Pacific began with big flying boats, using lagoons and harbours as runways. Tinned pineapple in the Pacific Islands 2013-08-25T23:09:53Z His legal career was interrupted by the second world war during which he joined the RAF, qualified as a pilot and flew Catalina and Sunderland flying boats. Sir Thomas Risk obituary 2012-07-03T15:45:41Z The flying boat touched down briefly in the Caribbean before resuming its journey to LaGuardia Airport in New York City, where it landed on Jan. 6, 1942. How Pearl Harbor forced the first around-the-globe commercial flight 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The flying boat Is a logical development of the hydroplane. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z And then in huge circles, as if we were descending the curves of an invisible corkscrew, we came down, the bow of the flying boat pointing at an angle of forty-five degrees. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The jetty - now submerged - onto which flying boat passengers disembarked One morning a couple of days later, I'm sitting outside the little two-room house where I'm staying. Tinned pineapple in the Pacific Islands 2013-08-25T23:09:53Z Immediately overhead, showing black against the clouds, half-a-dozen flying boats and aeroplanes rattled a cheery American welcome. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z He said he was serving with a flying boats unit at the time of the attack. Survivors remember Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 70 years ago 2011-12-07T20:53:01Z A flying boat will sail into Maidenhead next month as part of the celebrations. The female "few" 2011-07-18T15:05:30Z The difference is not as great in the huge flying boats as it is in the ordinary airplane. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z These big Grumman flying boats were developed mainly for military search-and-rescue missions after World War II, and this one also did some astronaut training duty with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. On the Road: Innovation in the Air Can Begin on the Water 2011-05-24T00:22:27Z As a demolition and explosives expert he took charge of the operation to clear the wreckage of 15 flying boats from the port of Broome on the northern coast of Western Australia. End of an era 2011-05-05T02:49:42Z Even at that distance, Bill could make out the difference in design of the flying boats. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z We carried the tea and were called in to grapes and gooseberries, and we played at thread-the-needle and went in a swing and in a flying boat. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z When he was six weeks old – in 1947 – his family moved to Shanghai with his diplomat father, only to leave two years later in a flying boat. Lord Oakeshott ? the outspoken peer still up for the fight 2011-02-25T20:19:35Z Used to date only as military tractor or heavy flying boat. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 2011-01-04T03:01:14.690Z In 1929 Imperial began transporting passengers to India, a seven-day trek involving planes, trains and flying boats, costing £130. British Airways and Iberia: How the merger partners stack up 2010-04-08T14:33:00Z Again she swung back on an even keel; and now with throttle wide open the big flying boat roared into the northwest. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z That guy who invented wireless boat, or flying boat, or them movie-picture things in seventeen colors. Whispering Wires It was now our turn to be peppering the flying boats! Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude In 1912 he brought out his present type of flying boat. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 2011-01-04T03:01:14.690Z They produce respectively motors, gas bags, propellers, gears, sheds and, in fact, everything pertaining to aerial navigation including airplanes, flying boats and parts. Zeppelin The Story of a Great Achievement Now, with her retractible wheel landing gear drawn up to the metal covered hull, the big flying boat rocked gently at her mooring. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z He had only to ease just a little out of his dive to catch the top of the flying boat in his sights. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal "How I wish this was a flying boat, and we could pick up those poor beggars!" he heard Freddy Farmer groan. Dave Dawson at Casablanca An ensign was handling the shifting of supplies from the flying boat to a truck. A Yankee Flier in Italy At Seemoos there are located a great hangar, office buildings, workshops, turntables, slips and other facilities for landing and withdrawing the huge Dornier flying boats. Zeppelin The Story of a Great Achievement Accordingly the advance was renewed, nor did they take any less precaution because of the departure of the flying boat. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes That is, he turned in the seat to look back at what was left of the huge flying boat. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal The apparatus has been successfully tried out on various types of planes—two-seater day bombers, large twin-engine night bombers and big flying boats. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 The seaplane patrols had not sufficient range to get into touch with the enemy off his own coasts, as the flying boat patrols almost always did in the later years of the war. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force They had just started quantity production of big planes and flying boats in the factories at Lindau and Seemoos when the German revolution halted all activities. Zeppelin The Story of a Great Achievement The pursuers rein up upon the bank, and with one accord draw their pistols, and open a fusillade upon the flying boat. The Voyage of the Aurora Those aboard the Kawanishi flying boat had obviously spotted his approach, because the huge craft had suddenly changed course and was racing upward and eastward toward the safety of a towering bank of clouds. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal If we can make it and if he can get leave we will explore the headwaters of the Amazon with a two-passenger Curtiss flying boat, maybe next year. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life There was a flying boat in use by the navy before the war—the small pusher Sopwith Bat boat. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force Since the war both commercial land planes and flying boats powered with from one to three engines have been produced. Zeppelin The Story of a Great Achievement Enraged at seeing such valuable prizes slipping through their hands, the Union gunners sent shell after shell shrieking after the flying boats, but to no avail. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 And I'm afraid, sir, the answer is that confounded Kawanishi flying boat that we shot down the other evening. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal The development of a long-range seaplane or flying boat was also taken in hand, though an efficient type was not produced until the last year of the war. Aviation in Peace and War Both these machines could face broken water better than the earlier types, though it was not until the flying boat was perfected that the difficulties presented by a moderate sea were at last overcome. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force A new form of flying boat is being built in America, in which it is hoped that somebody may fly from Newfoundland to Ireland in fifteen hours. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914 They watched the flying boat take the lead of them and saw it bear toward a distant rocky point of the island ahead. Frank Merriwell's Cruise The cruiser Newcastle seemed to be in the area for an unusually long time and she had a Walrus flying boat, a most ungainly craft with a pusher propeller.�� Coming of Age: 1939-1946 Improvements have been made in large flying boats and amphibians, especially with a view to facilitating their landing on "carriers" and the decks of battleships. Aviation in Peace and War Meantime the first flying boat had been designed by Mr. Sopwith, so that all the material requisite for naval aviation was rapidly making its appearance. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force In the event of Home Rule, we trust, for the sake of the intrepid aviator, that a still fleeter flying boat will be designed for the return journey. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914 Amid such surroundings, with the singing of the wind and the gurgling swish of the flying boat in his ears, any adventure seemed possible. Priscilla's Spies “Waste of powder and shot, my boy,” said a voice behind them; and, looking sharply round, there stood the first lieutenant with his glass to his eyes, watching the flying boat. The Black Bar Realizing, however, that Captain Britten might want to bring along considerable baggage, the young inventor had told Ned he felt it best to go in his flying boat. Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope Experiments with seaplanes and flying boats were still in their infancy, and the organization of the Naval Wing was wisely left undetermined for the time. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force “One of them done for, at any rate!” soliloquised Jim through his set teeth, as he bent over the deck-telegraph of the flying boat to ring for yet more speed. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru Commander Porte, of the Royal Navy, went on inventing and trying new kinds of flying boats for nearly three years before he made one good enough for its very hard and dangerous work. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas Commander Porte was brought from England, and he, with Mr. Curtiss, worked out the designs for a flying boat much larger than any previously built, and fitted with two motors instead of one. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War It greeted them with a hoarse blast of her whistle as the flying boat shot by at the rate of two hundred miles an hour. Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope It was subsequently bought by the Admiralty, and Mr. Sopwith began to build another aeroplane of higher power, and a flying boat. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force The dogs ran howling along the water's marge; now pausing to gaze at the flying boat, then motioning as if to leap in chase, but mysteriously withheld themselves; and again ran howling along the beach. The Piazza Tales Forty flying boats were launched in 1917, and forty-four submarines were bombed. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas It was christened the "America," and the larger flying boats or seaplanes which are now being built and used by the British and American navies are still known as the "America" or super-American type. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War In the Harbor at Key West The idling engines were speeded up and the flying boat moved slowly across the harbor. Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope When the British Deperdussin Company was broken up he went to America, and joined Mr. Glenn Curtiss at Hammondsport, New York, in the task of designing a flying boat to cross the Atlantic. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force He had a flying boat in which he rapidly passed along the canals, seeing that the men were at their posts, that the agents were at work, and the traffic duly provided for. Thrift The "Porte Baby," as the flying boat of '17 was called, measured a hundred feet across the wings and carried a small aeroplane, complete with its own airman, on top. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas In the winter of 1913-14 Mr. Rodman Wanamaker gave Glenn H. Curtiss a commission to build a flying boat which would fly across the Atlantic. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War The flying boats of the later War period carried considerable crews, were heavily armed, capable of withstanding very heavy weather, and carried good loads of bombs on long cruises. A History of Aeronautics The Curtiss flying boats which were procured from America were of inferior workmanship and had many faults. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force He utilized the canals to a large extent, putting on flying boats between all the larger towns. Thrift For out of the seaplane there gradually grew a regular flying boat which began to make it hot for German submarines in 1917. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas In the mean time we will bring you your accustomed food and your nets from the flying boat. Darkness and Dawn In February of 1911, Glenn Curtiss attached a float to a machine similar to that with which he won the first Gordon-Bennett Air Contest and made his first flying boat experiment. A History of Aeronautics As he floated, dashing the water from his eyes, he saw the Drifter, now a flying boat, cut around a point of rocks, bearing straight down upon him. Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane There are hundreds of privately owned flying boats now wherever there is navigable water. The War Terror In the first years of the World War Curtiss built airplanes and flying boats for the Allies. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest After that I shall either have the flying boat or we shall go quickly to our safe home at Settlement Cliffs. Darkness and Dawn Both twin and single-float machines were used, while the flying boat was only just beginning to come into being from the workshops of Sopwith in Great Britain, Borel-Denhaut in France, and Curtiss in America. A History of Aeronautics In March, 1914, Glenn Curtiss was invited to send a flying boat to Washington for the celebration of 'Langley Day,' when he remarked, 'I would like to put the Langley aeroplane itself in the air.' A History of Aeronautics We were headed toward her now, and as the flying boat sank I saw one of the passengers rise in his seat, swing his arm, and far out something splashed in the bay. The War Terror The Navy Department called for the big flying boat; and the NC type was evolved, which, equipped with four Liberty Motors, crossed the Atlantic after the close of the war. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest How came ye here without the flying boat? Darkness and Dawn The Travellers Company inaugurated a passenger flying boat service between New York and Atlantic City on July 25th, the fare, inclusive of 35 lbs. of luggage, being fixed at L25 each way. A History of Aeronautics One tiny break in the flying boat and he might be hurled to earth or down the Abyss, to death! Darkness and Dawn On the water, with wings helpless, the flying boat was no match for the Streamline now. The War Terror In spite of everything, however, the flying boat reached the shore a trifle ahead of us. The War Terror |
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