Seaplanes Collection

Short Sunderland flying boat in flight
Short Sunderland flying boat NSZ in flight. Date: circa 1940s

Short Sunderland flying boat, WW2
Short Sunderland flying boat RBO, seen here being towed up a jetty. Date: circa 1940s

The Schneider Trophy 1931 - Calshot Spit, England
Souvenir Programme for the Schneider Trophy of 1929 held at Calshot Spit, England. The Coupe d Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy or Schneider Prize)

Short Sunderland flying boat on water
Short Sunderland flying boat moored on water with a town in the background. Date: circa 1940s

Short Sunderland flying boat, RAF Wig Bay, WW2
RAF Short Sunderland flying boat B9604/RBJ, in service with RaF (Royal Australian Air Force) 10th Squadron. Seen here on water at RAF Wig Bay, Stranraer, Scotland, 11 June 1942. Date: 1942

The Schneider Trophy 1929 - Calshot Spit, England
Photograph from the Schneider Trophy of 1929 held at Calshot Spit, England. The Coupe d Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy or Schneider Prize)

Saunders Roe SR A1 fighter flying boat
Saunders Roe SR A1, an experimental fighter flying boat, in flight. Date: 1947-1951

The Schneider Trophy 1927 - Venice, Italy
Photograph from the Schneider Trophy of 1927 held at Venice, Italy. The Coupe d Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy or Schneider Prize)

Schneider contest nerve centre by G. H. Davis
The Schneider contest nerve centre: timing at over 300 mph. How the amazing speeds of the seaplanes were recorded: the timekeepers and their work on Ryde Pier. Date: 1929

HMS Pegasus (ex HMS Ark Royal)
Royal Navy - HMS Pegasus (ex HMS Ark Royal) at A Spithead re in 1938. HMS Pegasus was re-named from the 1914 HMS Ark Royal seaplane carrier

Schneider Trophy Preparations
British seaplanes being prepared for the Schneider Trophy competition. This race was held twelve times between 1913 and 1931. Date: 1931

Short Empire flying boat Canopus on the Medway, Kent
Short Empire flying boat Canopus (G-ADHL) on the Medway, Kent. It was the first one to be built in the Empire series. Date: circa 1940s

Dornier Do J Wal seaplane, Kupari, Yugoslavia
Dornier Do J Wal seaplane, moored on the beach at Kupari, Yugoslavia. Date: 1930s

View across the bay at Funchal, Madeira (from the Casino). Date: circa 1940s

HMS Pegasus - ex HMS Ark Royal
HMS Pegasus (ex HMS Ark Royal) at A Spithead re in 1938. HMS Pegasus was re-named from the 1914 HMS Ark Royal seaplane carrier, which saw action in WWI and in the 1920s She was re-named in 1934

Vought-Sikorsky VS-44A N41881
Vought-Sikorsky VS-44A NC41881 / N41881 Mother Goose (ex Excambian) of Avalon Air Transport, tied up on the Avalon jetty at Long Beach

The Schneider Trophy 1929 - Calshot Spit, England
Photograph from the Schneider Trophy of 1929 held at Calshot Spit, England. The Coupe dAviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy or Schneider Prize)

WW1 - A German propaganda view (unlike this image, the crews of all seven aircraft survived the raid!) of the aerial and naval combat at Cuxhaven, a German North Sea Port. During the First World War

Gotha WD-10 German single-seat naval fighter biplane designed by Oskar Ursinus, seen here with floats retracted, thus improving its aerodynamic effect

Short Sunderland flying boat on a beach. Date: circa 1940s

RAF Short Sunderland flying boat, WW2
RAF Short Sunderland flying boat EJ143/S, in service with 230 Squadron from December 1942 until March 1945, seen here on water. Date: 1940s

Short Sunderland flying boat, RaF, WW2
Short Sunderland flying boat W3986/RBU, in service with RaF (Royal Australian Air Force) 10th Squadron from August 1941 to May 1943, seen here on an airfield. Date: circa 1940s

Poster, Imperial Flying-Boat, cutaway view with annotations. circa 1930s

Schneider Trophy, SS Colombie, Spithead, 1931
Poster advertising views of the Schneider Trophy race from on board the cruise ship Colombie on 12 September 1931 in Spithead Harbour

Hansa-Brandenburg W 12 reconnaissance fighter
Hansa-Brandenburg W 12 German float-equipped two-seat reconnaissance fighter. It first flew in January 1917. Seen here is serial no. 2016, an early production example

Four RAF seaplanes flying over Alexandria, Egypt
Four RAF seaplanes flying in formation over the Eastern harbour of Alexandria, Egypt. 1936

SARO London Mark 1 biplane flying boats
Three SARO (Saunders Roe) London A27 military Mark 1 biplane flying boats in flight. They were in service with the RAF for part of the Second World War. Date: 1936-1941

Catalina flying boat VA723, Redhills Lake, Madras, India
Catalina flying boat VA723, in service with the RAF at Redhills Lake, Madras, India. This type of flying boat was widely used during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Britains Royal Naval Air Service, aircraft and airmen -- Lieutenant Longmore RN, Flight Commander Samson RN, Lieutenants Grey RN, with a seaplane on the water behind them

Types of British Aircraft -- The Sopwith Seaplane. 1914-1918

Types of British Aircraft - The Wright Seaplane, tractor type. 1914-1918

Types of British Aircraft -- The Bristol Fighter. 1914-1918

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping