List of seaplanes and amphibious aircraft

The following is a list of seaplanes and amphibious aircraft, which includes floatplanes and flying boats, by country of origin.

Three Canadair CL-215 amphibious flying boats

Seaplanes are any aircraft that has the capability of landing on water while amphibious aircraft are equipped with wheels to alight on land, as well as being able to land on the water. Flying boats rely on the fuselage or hull for buoyancy, while floatplanes rely on external pontoons or floats. Some experimental aircraft used specially designed skis to skim across the water but did not always have a corresponding ability to float.

This list does not include ekranoplans, 'Wing-In-Ground-effect' (WIG), water-skimmers, wingships or similar vehicles reliant on ground effect.

Australia

Austria

Austro-Hungarian Lohner L.1 patrol flying boat from World War 1

Austria-Hungary

Brazil

Canada

Canadian-Vickers Vedette forestry patrol flying boat
Noorduyn Norseman bushplane

China

Harbin Sh-5

Czechoslovakia

  • Aero A-29 – biplane floatplane target tug (1927)
  • Letov Š-328V 2-seat floatplane reconnaissance and target tug (1936)

Finland

  • ATOL 495 – two-seat ultralight amphibian (1989)
  • ATOL 650 – two-seat light-sport amphibian (2011)
  • Eklund TE-1 – single-seat amphibian (1949)
  • FlyNano – single-seat ultralight seaplane (2016)
  • IVL A.22 Hansa – two-seat reconnaissance seaplane (1922)
  • VL Sääski – two-seat training floatplane (1928)

France

  • Bellanger-Denhaut 22 (HB.3) – twin-engined bomber/reconnaissance flying-boat (1920s)
  • Bernard H.52 – single-seat floatplane fighter (1933)
  • Bernard H.110 – single-seat floatplane fighter (1935)
  • Bernard H.V.40 – single-seat racing seaplane (1931)
  • Bernard H.V.42 – single-seat racing seaplane (1931)
  • Bernard H.V.120 – single-seat racing seaplane (1930)
  • Bernard H.V.220 – single-seat racing seaplane (not flown)
  • Besson H-3 – touring flying boat (1921)
  • Besson H-5 – quadruplane transport flying boat (1922)
  • Besson H-6 – single-seat postal flying boat (1921)
  • Besson LB – coastal patrol flying boat (1917)
  • Besson MB.26 – two-seat reconnaissance/fighter floatplane (1925)
  • Besson MB.35 – two-seat spotter/reconnaissance floatplane (1926)
  • Besson MB.36 – transport flying boat (1930)
  • Besson MB.410 & 411 – submarine reconnaissance floatplane (1932)
  • Blanchard BB-1 – racing flying boat (1924)
  • Blanchard Brd.1 – bomber/reconnaissance flying boat (1922)
  • Blériot-SPAD S.XIV – single-seat fighter seaplane (1917)
  • Blériot 290 – light amphibious flying boat (1931)
  • Blériot 5190 – long-range mail-carrying flying boat (1933)
  • Borel Type Bo.11 – two-seat general-purpose floatplane (1911)
  • Borel-Odier Type Bo-T – torpedo reconnaissance floatplane (1916)
  • Borel-Odier Type Bo-C – 10-passenger floatplane (1919)
  • Breguet Type V – floatplane racer version entered in Schneider Cup (1912)
  • Breguet 521 & 522 Bizerte – 8-seat long-range maritime flying boat (1933)
  • Breguet 530 Saigon – civil Breguet 521 (1935)
  • Breguet 730 & 731 – long-range maritime reconnaissance flying boat (1938)
  • Breguet 790 Nautilus – coastal patrol flying boat (1939)
  • Breguet S.8/2 Calcutta – militarised licensed version of Short Calcutta (1932)
  • CAMS 30 – two-seat training flying boat (1922)
  • CAMS 31 – single-seat fighter flying boat (1922)
  • CAMS 33 – coastal reconnaissance and bombing flying boat (1923)
  • CAMS 36 – racing flying boat (1922)
  • CAMS 37 – flying boat (1926)
  • CAMS 38 – single-seat racing flying boat (1923)
  • CAMS 46 – two-seat basic training flying boat (1926)
  • CAMS 53 – passenger and mail-carrying flying boat (1928)
  • CAMS 55 – maritime reconnaissance and bombing flying boat (1927)
  • CAMS 58 – passenger and mail transport flying boat (1931)
Deperdussin Monocoque
"Le Canard"
Latécoere 300 Croix-du-Sud operated by Air France

Germany

Albatros W.IV floatplane fighter
Arado Ar 196 with wings folded being hoisted aboard a warship
  • Arado SSD I – biplane catapult-capable floatplane fighter (1930)
  • Arado W II – two-seat twin-engine monoplane floatplane trainer (1928)
  • Arado Ar 66 – training biplane floatplane variant (1932)
  • Arado Ar 95 – two-seat coastal patrol and light attack floatplane (1937)
  • Arado Ar 196 – two-seat shipboard and coastal patrol floatplane (1937)
  • Arado Ar 199 – two-seat floatplane trainer (1939)
  • Arado Ar 231 – single-seat U-boat reconnaissance floatplane (1941)
Blohm und Voss Bv 138 patrol flying boat
Blohm und Voss Bv 222 transport flying boat
Dornier Wal flying boat during Roald Amundsen's North Pole flight
Dornier DO X
Gotha WD.2
Hansa-Brandenburg CC floatplane fighter
Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 two-seat World War I floatplane fighter
Heinkel He 58 mailplane being loaded on liner Europa
Norwegian Heinkel He 115
  • Heinkel HE 1 – reconnaissance floatplane (1921)
  • Heinkel HE 2 – reconnaissance floatplane (1923)
  • Heinkel HE 3 – sport floatplane version (1923)
  • Heinkel HE 4 – floatplane (1926)
  • Heinkel HE 5 – reconnaissance floatplane (1926)
  • Heinkel HE 8 – reconnaissance floatplane (1927)
  • Heinkel HD 9 – floatplane (1928)
  • Heinkel HE 12 – catapult-launched mailplane floatplane (1929)
  • Heinkel HD 14 – torpedo-carrying floatplane (1925)
  • Heinkel HD 16 – torpedo-carrying floatplane (1928)
  • Heinkel HD 18 – sport floatplane (1925)
  • Heinkel HE 24 – floatplane trainer (1926)
  • Heinkel HE 25 – single-seat reconnaissance floatplane (1925)
  • Heinkel HE 26 – reconnaissance floatplane (1925)
  • Heinkel HE 31 – reconnaissance floatplane (1927)
  • Heinkel HE 42 – seaplane trainer (1931)
  • Heinkel He 50 – floatplane dive bomber version (1931)
  • Heinkel He 51 – floatplane fighter version (1933)
  • Heinkel He 55 – reconnaissance flying boat (1929)
  • Heinkel He 56 – reconnaissance floatplane (1929)
  • Heinkel He 57 – single-engine cabin amphibious flying boat (1929)
  • Heinkel He 58 – catapult-launched mailplane floatplane (1932)
  • Heinkel He 59 – reconnaissance bomber floatplane (1931)
  • Heinkel He 60 – reconnaissance floatplane (1933)
  • Heinkel He 62 – reconnaissance floatplane (1932)
  • Heinkel He 114 – shipboard biplane reconnaissance seaplane (1936)
  • Heinkel He 115 – maritime reconnaissance floatplane (1936)
  • Heinkel He 119 – high-speed reconnaissance floatplane version (1936)
Junkers W.34 bushplane on floats
  • Junkers F.13 – single-engine airliner floatplane version (1919)
  • Junkers A 20/Ju 20 – single-engine military floatplane (1923)
  • Junkers G 24 – trimotor transport floatplane version (1924)
  • Junkers W 33 – single-engine transport floatplane version (1926)
  • Junkers W 34 – single-engine transport floatplane version (1926)
  • Junkers Ju 46 – single-engine shipborne catapult-launched floatplane (1932)
  • Junkers Ju 52 – single- or three-engine transport floatplane version (1930)
  • Klemm Kl 35bW – floatplane trainer
  • L.F.G V.19 Stralsund – submarine floatplane (1918)
  • L.F.G W – biplane floatplane – navalized Albatros C.Ia (1916)
  • L.F.G WD – biplane floatplane – navalized LFG Roland D.I (1917)
  • Lübeck-Travemünde F.1 – floatplane (1914)
  • Lübeck-Travemünde F.2 – floatplane (1917)
  • Lübeck-Travemünde F.4 – floatplane (1917)
Rohrbach Ro V Rocco all-metal flying boat

Italy

CANT Z.501 Gabbiano reconnaissance flying boat
  • Bastianelli P.R.B. – transport flying boat (1921)
  • CANT 6 – maritime patrol flying boat (1925)
  • CANT 7 – trainer flying boat (1924)
  • CANT 10 – airliner flying boat (1925)
  • CANT 18 – trainer flying boat (1926)
  • CANT 22 – airliner flying boat (1927)
  • CANT 25 – fighter flying boat (1927)
Caproni Ca.60 triple triplane flying boat
Caproni CA.100
World War 1 Macchi M.5 sesquiplane fighter
Macchi M.67 Schneider Trophy racer
Macchi MC.94 transport flying boat
Piaggio P.7 racing seaplane which used hydrofoils for landing and take-off
SIAI Marchetti S.21 Schneider racer
  • SIAI S.8 – two-seat reconnaissance flying boat (1917)
  • SIAI S.9 – reconnaissance flying boat (1918)
  • SIAI S.12 – reconnaissance bomber flying boat (1918)
  • SIAI S.13 – reconnaissance and fighter flying boat (1919)
  • SIAI S.16 – passenger or bomber-reconnaissance flying boat (1919)
  • SIAI S.17 – racing flying boat (1920)
  • SIAI S.19 – racing flying boat (1920)
  • SIAI S.21 – racing flying boat (1921)
  • SIAI S.22 – twin-engined racing flying boat (1921)
  • SIAI S.51 – racing flying boat (1922)
  • SIAI S.58 – fighter flying boat prototype (1924)
  • SIAI S.67 – fighter flying boat (1930)
Savoia-Marchetti S.55P

Japan

Aichi M6A Seiran submarine-launched bomber
  • Aichi AB-6 – prototype single-engined reconnaissance floatplane (1933)
  • Aichi E11A – night reconnaissance flying boat Laura (1937)
  • Aichi E13A – long-range reconnaissance floatplane Jake (1938)
  • Aichi E16A Zuiun – long-range reconnaissance floatplane Paul (1942)
  • Aichi H9A – twin-engined training flying boat (1940)
  • Aichi M6A Seiran – submarine-borne attack aircraft (1943)
  • Hiro H1H – maritime reconnaissance/bomber flying boat (1920s)
  • Hiro H2H – maritime reconnaissance biplane flying boat (1930)
  • Hiro H4H – maritime reconnaissance/bomber flying boat (1931)
Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu floatplane fighter
Mitsubishi F1M observation floatplane
Shin-Meiwa US-2 search and rescue flying boat

Norway

Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.12

Netherlands

Fokker T-IV

New Zealand

Walsh Brothers type D flying boat

Poland

Lublin R-XIII ter/hydro

Romania

  • RAS-1 Getta – three-seat flying boat for training (1925)
  • IAR 818 H – single-engined utility float plane (1964)
  • SET 7H – single-engined reconnaissance float plane (1935)

Russia, CIS, USSR

Beriev Be-12
Colored water release from Be-200 at aeroshow
  • Beriev Be-6 – maritime reconnaissance and bombing flying boat (1947)
  • Beriev Be-8 – utility amphibious flying boat, one with hydrofoils, on landing gear struts (1947)
  • Beriev Be-10 – jet-powered maritime patrol/reconnaissance flying boat (1961)
  • Beriev Be-12 Chaika – maritime patrol amphibian (1963)
  • Beriev Be-40/A-40 Albatross – jet-powered amphibious flying boat (1986)
  • Beriev Be-103 – twin-prop 6 passenger amphibian (2001)
  • Beriev Be-200 – amphibious jet flying boat (1998)
  • Beriev KOR-1 (Be-2) – two-seat reconnaissance floatplane (1935)
  • Beriev KOR-2 (Be-4) – two-seat reconnaissance flying boat (1940)
  • Beriev MBR-2 – short-range reconnaissance/bombing flying boat (1932)
  • Beriev MBR-7 – short-range reconnaissance/bombing flying boat (1937)
  • Beriev MDR-5 – long-range maritime reconnaissance/bombing flying boat (1937)
  • Beriev R-1 – experimental jet-powered bombing/reconnaissance flying boat (1952)
  • Chetverikov MDR-6 (Che-2) – three-seat coastal reconnaissance flying boat (1939)
  • Chetverikov OSGA-101 – three-seat experimental amphibian (1934)
  • Chetverikov SPL – two-seat submarine-borne reconnaissance flying boat (1935)
  • Chetverikov TA-1 – 10-seat light utility amphibian (1947)
  • Chernov Che-22 Korvet – 2-seat microlight homebuilt (1993); see variant VNS-41 Aircraft (2003–2005)
  • Grigorovich GASN – large torpedo bomber floatplane (1917)
Grigorovich M-5
Tupolev TB-1/ANT-4

Spain

Sweden

  • Saab 17 – single-engine bomber-reconnaissance monoplane that could be fitted with floats (1940)
  • Flygfabriken LN-3 Seagull – two-seat high wing ultra light/light sport amphibian (2008)

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Blackburn Iris Mk.III patrol flying boat
Replica of Portuguese Fairey IIID used for successful 1922 transatlantic crossing
Felixstowe F.3 patrol bomber
Gloster IIIA Schneider racer
Swedish Hawker Osprey on warship
Saro Cloud
Saunders-Roe SR A1
Short Empire taking off
Short Sunderland patrol bomber
Supermarine S.6b, last winner of the Schneider Cup
Supermarine Southampton
Supermarine Walrus spotting amphibian on cruiser

United States

Aeromarine 75 in flight
Citabria showing off its floats – or pontoons
Barlkey-Grow T8P on floats
BOAC Boeing 314A landing
Cessna 185 on floats
  • Cessna AT-17 Bobcat – twin-engine cabin monoplane variant (1939)
  • Cessna 170 – single-engine 4-seat monoplane floatplane variant (1948)
  • Cessna 172 – single-engine 4-seat monoplane floatplane variant (1956)
  • Cessna 180 'Skywagon' – single-engine 4/6-seat monoplane utility floatplane variant (1952)
  • Cessna 182 'Skylane' – single-engine 4-seat monoplane utility floatplane variant (1956)
  • Cessna 185 'Skywagon' – single-engine 4-seat monoplane utility floatplane variant (1960)
  • Cessna 190 – single radial-engined 5-seat monoplane floatplane variant (1945)
  • Cessna 206 – 6-seat monoplane utility floatplane variant (1962)
  • Cessna 208 Caravan – single-engine utility transport monoplane variant (1982)
  • Colonial Skimmer – model C-1 and C-2 were both 2-person flying boats (early 1960s)
Consolidated Catalina waterbomber dropping water
US Navy Curtiss H-16
US Coast Guard Douglas Dolphin amphibian taxiing out of the water
  • Douglas DF – commercial long-range flying boat (1936)
  • Douglas Dolphin – transport and observation amphibian (1931)
  • Douglas DT – two-seat biplane torpedo-bomber (1921)
  • Douglas DWC World Cruiser – long-range biplane floatplane version – first flight around world (1923)
  • Douglas PD – maritime patrol flying boat (1929)
  • Douglas Sinbad – flying boat prototype for Douglas Dolphin (1930)
  • Douglas T2D – torpedo bomber biplane floatplane (1927)
  • Douglas YOA-5 – reconnaissance/bomber amphibian (1935)
  • Eastman E-2 Sea Rover – 2–3-seat single-engine flying boat (1928)
  • Edo OSE-1 – single-seat multirole floatplane (1946)
  • Elias EM – biplane floatplane (1922)
  • Elias EO – biplane floatplane (1922)
Fairchild FC-2L utility transport and bushplane
Grumman Widgeon on Kodiak Island
  • Grumman Albatross – amphibious military and 28 passenger commercial flying boat (1947)
  • Grumman Duck – utility amphibian (1933)
  • Grumman Goose – amphibious transport (1937)
  • Grumman Mallard – amphibious flying boat (1946)
  • Grumman Tadpole – two-seat amphibious flying boat (1944)
  • Grumman Widgeon – five-seat transport amphibian (1940)
  • Hall Air Boat – biplane flying boat
  • Hall PH – patrol/rescue flying boat (1931)
  • Hall XP2H – patrol flying boat (1932)
  • Hall XPTBH – floatplane torpedo bomber (1937)
  • Hamilton H-47 – cabin airliner floatplane variant (1928)
  • Helio Courier – STOL Utility aircraft floatplane variant (1949)
  • Howard DGA-15 – cabin monoplane floatplane variant (1939)
  • Huff-Daland HN – training floatplane (1920s)
Hughes Hercules 'Spruce Goose' – largest flying boat ever flown
Martin Mars waterbombers at their home base in Port Alberni, BC.
  • Martin 130 China Clipper – four-engined long-range transport flying boat (1935) (China Clipper; Hawaii Clipper; Philippine Clipper)
  • Martin 156 – four-engined long-range transport flying boat (1930s) (Russian clipper)
  • Martin Mars – long-range transport flying boat also used as waterbomber (1942)
  • Martin MO – Navy observation monoplane (early 1920s)
  • Martin PBM Mariner – twin-engined patrol flying boat (1939)
  • Martin P2M – three-engined prototype patrol flying boat, production version of Consolidated PY (1920s)
  • Martin P3M – twin-engined patrol flying boat (1920s)
  • Martin P5M Marlin – twin-engined patrol flying boat (1948)
  • Martin P6M SeaMaster – four-engined turbo-jet multi-role flying boat (1955)
Naval Aircraft Factory TS-1 floatplane fighter
Piper PA-18 Super Cub floatplane
  • Piper J-3 Cub – single-engined 2-seat monoplane floatplane variant (1938)
  • Piper PA-12 'Super Cruiser' – single-engined 3-seat monoplane floatplane variant (1944)
  • Piper PA-18 'Super Cub' – single-engined 2-seat utility monoplane floatplane variant (1949)
  • Piper PA-20 Pacer – single-engined 4-seat monoplane floatplane variant (1949)
  • Piper PA-23 'Apache' – twin-engine 4-seat cabin monoplane variant (1952)
  • Privateer Industries Privateer - seven-seat amphibious aircraft (2018)
  • Progressive Aerodyne Searey – two-seat amphibious flying boat kitplane (1990s)
  • Progressive Aerodyne Stingray – single-seat amphibious flying boat kitplane (1990s)
  • Quest Kodiak – single-engine utility transport monoplane floatplane variant (2010)
  • Republic RC-1 – three-seat prototype amphibian (1945)
  • Republic RC-3 Seabee – four-seat amphibian (1945)
  • Rocheville Arctic Tern – a.k.a. EMSCO Arctic Tern (1932)
  • Searey Elite – Two-passenger light sport amphibious airplane – seaplane
  • Searey Sport – Two-passenger light sport amphibious airplane – seaplane
  • Seawind 300C – Single-engine amphibious flying boat (1993)
US Army Sikorsky C-6a (S-38)
Standard Twin Hydro AS364
  • Standard Twin Hydro (TH-D) - Twin engined foatplane (1916)
  • Stearman XOSS – two-seat observation floatplane prototype (1938)
Volmer Sportsman homebuilt amphibian

Vietnam

Yugoslavia

See also

References

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