DC-3 on Floats

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what is it with the Americans and putting things on floats if you ask me the finest looking floatplane of all time is a float equipt Swordfish
 
the only thing i like about the kingfisher is the fact she has 3 supports to her central float, i dunno why but that looks great........
 
I mean if it is just for the purposes of ferrying them across to Europe. Be an efficient way if you could work it. I know there was an extra wing put on the Hurricane for long range transport as an extra fuel tank...
 
The only american figher tested on floats that I know of was the F4F, never went passed the experimental phase though. Aircraft on snow ski's are another thing though. I think just about every major fighter in Europe was tested with snow ski's. The P-51 Mustang was tested but not accepted as a carrier aircraft though.

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Floats don't help perfarmance but they don't detract as much you might think . the Spit according to my bible hit around 350 knots and the Wildcat about 270
 
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