It leaves the dock just like an ordinary boat. But at the shift of a handle, the boat rises out of the water on red stilts ...

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The winged passenger ferry gliding over the surface of Narragansett Bay could be a new method of coastal transportation or a new kind of warship. Its maker, Regent Craft, is ...

"From the early 1930s until the end of that decade long-distance air travel was the preserve of the flying-boat, which transported well-heeled passengers in ocean-liner style and comfort across the ...

Pan Am's 1937 promotional film Flying the Lindbergh Trail traces Charles Lindbergh's earliest flights across the Caribbean and South America, promoting the airline's new commercial flights on their ...