Seaplane
It was obvious from the very start of heavier-than-air flights that a craft capable of taking off and landing on water would be desirable. As early as 1910 a Frenchman, Henri Fabre (1883-?), ...
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In the formative years of aviation, when the whir of a tiny engine overhead still drew gasps of wonder, one plane stood out.The twin-engine "America" weighed 1 3/4 tons, had a 72-foot wingspan, and...
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A patch of lakefront property is being turned into a park honoring the Wright brothers' archrival, Glenn H. Curtiss, after a lengthy feud over whether to preserve it.Curtiss flew his bamboo-and-fab...
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Many visitors to the Florida Keys snap a picture with the marker in Key West that designates the southernmost point in the United States. Or they buy trinkets bearing images of ...
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A Concorde jetliner that is a featured attraction at New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum arrived Friday at its temporary new home in Brooklyn.The sleek white supersonic aircraft was mov...
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A Concorde jetliner that is a featured attraction at New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum arrived Friday at its temporary new home in Brooklyn.The sleek white supersonic aircraft was mov...
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Singapore (dpa) - An Australian-registered plane that disrupted
commercial traffic by causing a shutdown of Singapore's airspace was
on a test flight and expected to return ...
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The Times waxes nostalgic for the era of Manhattan millionaire neighborhoods, declaring that Midtown today "has only one real strip of mansions." But there's hope: if you've got the dough for "muse...
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A federal safety board blamed faulty repair of a wing crack and weak federal regulation for a seaplane crash that killed 20 people in Florida in 2005.All five National Transportation Safety Board m...
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Today is Tuesday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2006. There are 12 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 19, 1843, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, was first published in E...
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A helicopter on a sightseeing tour of Manhattan made an emergency landing in the Hudson River on Saturday afternoon, leaving all eight people aboard drenched but not seriously harmed, authorities s...
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Seaplane
Early sea plane is resurrected in N.Y.
