China claims to have successfully tested a new sea plane, purportedly the largest in the world, and while its primary purposes are firefighting and water rescue, this new aircraft could be used to ...

The V 222 was the largest flying boat to attain operational status during the Second World War. When it first flew in 1944, the BV 238 was the heaviest aircraft ever built and was the largest ...

During the 1920s, flying boats were among the largest fixed-wing aircraft in the skies and had already been used for during World War I. But in those early days, aviation was advancing rapidly ...