Blamey flew to Palestine on a Qantas flying boat in June 1940. Park arrived on 14 July 1942 by flying boat. Many amphibian aircraft are of the flying boat type. As operations expanded with flying boat service World War disrupted air travel until 1943. Dietrich informs Hughes that he must choose between funding the airlines or his "flying boat". The hull of the flying boat was replaced by a lower fuselage. As designed, it served as a successor to the earlier Short Sarafand flying boat. Flying boat terminal building, County Limerick. This was the original home base for the China Clipper flying boat. The downed aircrew was ultimately found and rescued by a flying boat. The Dornier Do 18 was a development of the Do 16 flying boat. An initial reconnaissance, landed by flying boat, was conducted on 10 and 11 July. Do X flying boat, for decades the world's largest and most powerful airplane. On one occasion, a B-26 was credited with shooting down a Kawanishi H6K flying boat. The amphibious aircraft was a converted U.S. Navy Catalina flying boat.