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Old 8th Oct 2013, 03:22
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There's a couple of early Curtis flying boats at the Canadian Air & Space Museum in Rockcliffe, Ontario (just east of Ottawa). They also have a Canso and used (?) to have two Canadian Vickers aircraft on display - one a wreck as pulled out of the crash site and one a modern replica.

The Naval Museum at Jeronimos (sp?) in Lisbon has an original Curtis and a floatplane that made the first Transatlantic crossing by flying from destroyer to destroyer. They also have what looks suspiciously like a Grumman Mallard.

If you're interested in modern flyingboats, don't forget that all Canadian Provinces operate the Canadair 215T/415 Waterbomber (not sure if any Cansos are still in operation) and there are similar squadrons in Europe.

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