Bravo for finding the footage of these wonderful planes. And praise for those who properly stored it for us to enjoy.

If I was an eccentric billionnaire I'd buy a Shorts Sunderland and convert it into a flying houseboat and just spend the rest of my days flying all around the world in it!

The Giant Martin Mars ended up converted to a water bomber and served in Canada fighting forest fires up until the late 90's. Its now in a museum in Hawaii I believe.

For short haul flights, modern seaplanes could at least offer the promise of vastly cheaper architecture. Rather than pouring vast concrete runways and tarmac, you build a perimeter levee and fill it 3 or 4 meters deep. Could double as flood control or a reservoir!

Thanks for making these old documentaries easily available on KZfaq. Subscription started and video given a thumbs up.

I love the story of the Pan Am clipper which flew around the world at the beginning of WW2 . The Globe was no joke for that Pan Am Boeing 314.

Some of the music choices in this film was quite amusing.

Commentry one of the best. Flying boats, seaplanes, ships who cares. When they hit water and not sink !. Thought I'd seen all of them. Piggy back plane was great. Wife said I'll go shopping at Walmart . Hub said I'll circle ok, then land back . I have RC Sunderland and Catalina small scale [ 11ft /8ft.] Thanks playmates. Dave

Excellent video, Thank you! Just subbed.

The world got a whole lot smaller real fast. The early bird aviators were geniuses, and extremely Brave

The story of a clipper that was caught behind Japanese lines after Pearl harbor is a great read.

It's annoying that even a documentary cannot tell the difference between a flying boat and a float plane!

Great doco. Just 1 point ; at 30.00 the plane pictured is the Consolidated Coronado, not Catalina as the narrative implies.

Good wide-ranging documentary. Yes it is dated in presentation and flawed in many parts but I learned a few things and saw some unique old footage. One annoyance for me were the large number of errors regarding Dornier aircraft for some reason (maybe just because I know more about them?). For the record: 1) the Wal was not only built in Italy as stated but also in Spain, Japan, and eventually in Germany as well. 2) the Do22 floatplane was never used by Germany in WWII and only exported, serving Greece, Yugoslavia, and Finland. I think they meant Do24, but the Do18 and beautiful Do26 were also used. And finally 3) that is not a Do23 at the end (being a land-based prewar bomber!) but obviously the Do24ATT

Would it be useful to know the components? If the needle could tell you that you’re 5NM west and 3NM south of your waypoint?

Well done overall. It was a little heavy on British civil aviation achievements. What about the Jets, both Russian and US? Be-10, Be-12, P-6M etc?

ED when?

19 hours not 19 days ?

How can you NOT even mention the Catalina PBY's from Consolidated?

Enjoyed but more about pan am aviation 1st 'sz

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The music is too loud, distracting and unnecessary.

Those poor pilots flying in open cockpits I once traveled 2000 miles cross country on a Motorcycle stopping only to sleep/gas-up, etc., in not so great weather so I can relate somewhat.

Come on! It didn't absorb 600 tonnes of water. That's 3 unloaded Antonovs. I checked, you said 'tonnes'. Did you mean kilos?

I was really enjoying this documentary up until you got to the Consolidated Catalina. Now, I fully realize that this documentary is about seaplanes and not about US Navy seaplanes but jeeeeez, why do you talk about the Catalina and then show extensive footage of the Consolidated Coronado without mentioning it? Furthermore, the Martin Mariner first flew in 1941 was a MUCH more successful and capable seaplane than the Catalina. No mention at all of it... The Martin Mars may have been the largest of the US Navy seaplanes but so what? It was an abject failure but it was produced anyway...

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