Seaplane Collection (page 2)

Mittelholzers flight to Africa, 1926, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Mittelholzers flight to Africa, 1926, (1932). Swiss aviation pioneer and photographer Walter Mittelholzer (1894-1937) made the first North-South flight across Africa

Heinkel He 5e seaplane, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Heinkel He 5e seaplane, 1932. German seaplane. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garba ty cigarette factory, 1932

Heinkels I seaplane, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Heinkels I seaplane, 1932. German plane with 360 horse power water-cooled Rolls Royce Eagle engine. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Heinkel He 12 seaplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Heinkel He 12 seaplane, 1920s, (1932). The He 12 was a pontoon-equipped mail plane built in Germany in 1929, designed to be launched by catapult from a liner at sea

Heinkel HD 24 L Tsingtau plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Heinkel HD 24 L Tsingtau plane, 1920s, (1932). Heinkel HD 24 bought by German explorer Gunther Plü schow who named it Tsingtau and took it on an expedition to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego

Junkers W 33w seaplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Junkers W 33w seaplane, 1920s, (1932). German single-engine transport aircraft which made aviation history for the first east-west non-stop heavier-than-air crossing of the Atlantic

Focke-Wulf W 4 floatplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Focke-Wulf W 4 floatplane, 1920s, (1932). The German W 4 was designed in 1927 as a reconnaissance floatplane. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Dornier Do X II flying boat, 1920s, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Dornier Do X II flying boat, 1920s, 1932. The Dornier Do X, produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929, was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world at the time

Heinkel HD 42 seaplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Heinkel HD 42 seaplane, 1920s, (1932). The Heinkel HD 42 50, later designated the Heinkel He 42, was a German biplane seaplane later built for the Luftwaffe

Heinkel He 5b floatplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Heinkel He 5b floatplane, 1920s, (1932). The Heinkel HE 5, produced in Sweden as the Svenskas 5 and nicknamed the Hansa, was a reconnaissance floatplane built during the 1920s

Heinkel He 58 seaplane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Heinkel He 58 seaplane, 1920s, (1932). The He 58 was a pontoon-equipped mail plane built in Germany in 1929, designed to be launched by catapult from a liner at sea

Dornier Do X I flying boat, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Dornier Do X I flying boat, 1920s, (1932). The Dornier Do X, produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929, was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world at the time

Coast Defence: the Raiders Fate, c1918 (1919). Artist: WH Holloway
Coast Defence: the Raiders Fate, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

The Eyes of the Fleet: A Short Seaplane, c1918 (1919). Artist: Geoffrey Watson
The Eyes of the Fleet: A Short Seaplane, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

The upper component of the Short-Mayo Composite Aircraft Mercury, c1929 (c1937)
The upper component of the Short-Mayo Composite Aircraft Mercury undergoing flight trials at Rochester, Kent, c1929 (c1937)

Flying boats and floatplanes from aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, c1936 (c1937)
Flying boats and floatplanes from aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy during exercises in the Mediterranean, c1936 (c1937)

The Short Mayo Composite aircraft, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Seaplanes on board a US Navy warship, Navy yard, Balboa, Panama, 1931. Balboa is located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal

Advert for Pratts Ethyl Petrol, c1928

Short Singapore, c1930s. The Short S19 Singapore, British multi-engined biplane flying boat

Shorts seaplane, Dundee to South Africa, 6 October 1938. World record, 5997.5 miles. Short-Mayo Composite aircraft: the Short S20 aeroplane G-ADHJ Mercury and the Short S21 flying boat Maia

Wright WF3W-1 Apache, USA, May 19, 1927. Creator: Unknown
Wright WF3W-1 Apache, USA, May 19, 1927. In its seaplane configuration, a National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics crew prepares the Wright XF3W-1 Apache for take off from the Little Back River

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