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Welcome
to the SEAWINGS
web site,
the largest flying boat reference web site in the world
and the home of the flying boat - in detail - on the web;
specialising in providing information for the scale
modeler, historian and enthusiast in the form of historic
photographs, plans and articles detailing the construction
of 1/72nd scale models of various types, together with
close-up photographic 'walk-rounds' of most of the
surviving examples and many, many other reference details.
Please
use your browser back-button when viewing the photographs
to return to the galleries. Click on the headings on the
left to navigate - and enjoy!
Best
Wishes, Bryan
Ribbans - WebMaster
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The
all new Short S.23 'C' Class Empire by CMR
Click
the above image
for the Empire
Reference Archive
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"Decades
before the space race with the Soviet Union, the
United States was in a race with the Japanese to
control the air routes across the Pacific. It was
a time of intrigue and adventure."
© 2008 Ann
Marie Martin, The Huntsville Times. All rights
reserved.
The new Nick
Grant Adventure from
Jamie Dodson |
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for details to buy this brilliant new flying
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| Acknowledgements |
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This
site would not offer as much information and detail as it already does
without the help and contribution of many companies and individuals.
However, a number of these have been outstanding in their assistance and
must be specially thanked for the time and effort taken - they are:-
| RAF
Museum, London |
RAF
Cosford, UK |
British Aerospace
Plc |
Norman Harry, UK |
James Jennings, Arizona |
| Fotios
Rouch, Arizona |
Maurice
Sagius, Holland |
Greg
Knowles, Australia |
Bill
Devins, USA |
Grumman
Aerospace Inc |
| Dave Koss, Canada |
Imperial
War Museum, Duxford, UK |
Imperial
War Museum, London |
Science
Museum, London |
William
T. Larkins, USA |
| Axel Ganz, Germany |
Alex Norton, Canada |
Pete London,
UK |
Stuart
'Reggie' Martindale, UK |
John
Smith, UK |
| Bruce
John Vander Mark, USA |
Douglas
B. Wilde, USA |
Louis
Emond, Canada |
Bill
Bailey, USA |
Brian
Cassidy, UK |
| Edward
Pagel, USA |
Scott
Barrus, USA |
Ken
Withey, UK |
Andy
Doran, UK |
Chris
Eldridge, Canada |
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This
site is owned and operated by 'SEAWINGS' - aka Bryan Ribbans -
webmaster, scale modeler, author and flying boat enthusiast for the benefit of all
flying boat scale modelers, historians and aviation enthusiasts with a
love of these craft. It is not intended to infringe any copyright and
all reasonable steps have been taken to avoid this. It is believed that
all material displayed here other than SEAWINGS's own photographs,
written articles and reviews, is freely available within the public
domain or has been freely given for use by the owner. If this
should not be the case then a polite e-mail will suffice to have the
offending material removed or credited. All donations of photographs and
written material for use on this site are gratefully accepted on the
basis that no financial reward is asked for or given and that all such
material displayed here is for the benefit of flying boat enthusiasts
world-wide. SEAWINGS: 2000-
2008 © Bryan Ribbans, Essex, Englan
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