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Flying boats and floatplane go back to the early days of aviation. In those days, there were not many concrete runways in existence. Therefore, flying boats were attractive since all they required was a relatively calm stretch of water to takeoff and land. Indeed, Pan American Airways conquered the Pacific by using Sikorsky, Martin M-130, and Boeing B-314 flying boats as "China Clippers". Smaller, usually single-engined floatplanes found usage in remote lake areas for transportation and supply.

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    Across the Pacific - Pan Am Flying Boats DVD
    Pan Am Historical Foundation
    Across the Pacific (2020) is a three-hour documentary series about one of the great milestones in aviation history: the 1935 crossing of the Pacific Ocean by a Pan American Airways flying boat know as the China Clipper. Originally seen on public television stations, the entire series is on this DVD.
    $19.95
    Pan Am Clippers of War M-130 B-314 DVD
    Campbell Films
    Pan Am clippers were critical to long range transportation and when WWII broke out with Japan, the USN joined forces with Pan Am to implement the Clippers for war. Because land runways were scarce in those days, flying boats solved that issue.
    $19.95
    Pan Am Flying Boat DVD Collection
    Aeroclipper Video
    The Pan Am Flying Boat Collection is two DVDs that cover Pan Am flying boats from the 1920s to the World War II years. See the conquest of the Pacific using flying boats. After WWII begins, see how Pan Am flying boats were used for military transport of supplies and Navy personnel trained to navigate vast oceans.
    $35.90
    Big Props Latin America DC-3 C-46 DC-6 Caravelle DVD
    Avion

    Big Props Latin America DC-3 C-46 DC-6 Caravelle DVD is a propliner DVD video that features many now-classic propeller-driven aircraft such as the C-46, DC-3, DC-6, AN-32 and the PBY Catalina flying boat.

    $29.95
    Alaska and Lake Hood Jets Props Floatplane DVD
    Avion
    This DVD captures the variety of aircraft in Alaska including exciting floatplane action at Lake Hood. Also on the DVD: 747, 727, DC-3, Era, CV580, DC-6, DC-4, DC-7, C-46, CV340, F27, 747-400, MD11, UAL, DC10, 737-200, Electra, YS11 aircraft.
    $29.95
    Big Props - USA Europe (2 DVDs)
    Avion

    Big Props - Europe and USA is a (2) DVD video set that features many now-classic propeller-driven aircraft such as the C-97, DC-4, C-46, and the Sunderland flying boat.

    $29.95
    Alaska Floatplane DVD
    Highball Productions
    Alaska Floatplane puts you in the right front seat of a DeHavilland Beaver floatplane over Alaska as well as showing some incredible Alaskan scenery.
    $19.95
    BC Floatplane Harbour Air DVD
    Highball Productions

    Join us at the spectacular scenic Vancouver waterfront home of Harbour Air, the largest operator of float planes in the world. Watch turbo Otters, Beavers and twin Otters taxi out, take off and land in clouds of spray.

    $19.95