Today we’re diving into the bizarre era when the world’s most glamorous airliners didn’t land at airports - they docked like ships. From the Boeing 314 Clipper’s floating luxury to wartime workhorses ...

They are leviathans sleeping on the tarmac. Towering amphibious floatplanes, boasting adventures of which their landlubbing cousins only dream. Nearby, small flying boats, engines mounted oddly above ...

Click to open image viewer. In 1911, Glenn Curtiss was awarded the prestigious Collier Trophy for the development of the hydroaeroplane, a land airplane mounted on floats. In 1913, Curtiss developed ...

The U.S. military has employed a wide variety of aircraft over the years to transport troops, deliver cargo, and engage in combat. Perhaps no aircraft in its historical fleet, however, is more random ...