Derived from a scrubbed Navy patrol bomber, the Tradewind was an attractive airplane that would serve as a high ... wing to manually shut down the engine. The crippled flying boat had set ...

From his youth, Jack Northrop imagined efficient all-wing aircraft so advanced that technology and power plants needed to ...

The Seaplane Striking Force would comprise jet-powered flying boats capable of long-range strategic ... low-speed flying—tasks not usually associated with high-power jet engines.