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YF12A
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Good stuff!
Skyediamonds
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I agree. Good stuff, indeed.
cammerjeff
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Are those S-55's in the background of picture #2?
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Admiral Beez
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Can't? Can so! But, while based on 1935's Catalina, the Canso was too late for the interwar period.
My favourite interwar flying boat is the Supermarine Stranraer, if only that it was the sole RJ Mitchell design that was produced here in Canada. Shown below on a Canadian lake.
Admiral Beez
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I wonder if the Supermarine Stranraer is the only biplane multi engine flying boat still in existence? Seen below at the RAF Museum in Hendon, UK.
cammerjeff
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I think there are still a couple of twin engine Curtis Flying boats around. But they may be reproductions,
Admiral Beez
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I included the Canso above, but forgot that true flying boats are not amphibians. I don't think the British made any amphibians until the Walrus.
special ed
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The NC-4 is in the USN Museum, Pensacola.
buffnut453
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Hendon also has the fuselage of a Supermarine Southampton. The wood paneling on it is a thing of beauty.
Supermarine built the one off Commercial Amphibian in 1920 with an undercarriage that could be swung sideways clear of the water (But not housed in wing or fuselage).
Supermarine Commercial Amphibian - Wikipedia
From that came the prototype Seal II (amphibian fleet spotter) and then the Seagull of 1921 with the same undercarriage arrangement. Usually very hard to see in photos due to wheels being spoked like those on a bicycle and when retracted they lay in the shadow of the wing.
Supermarine Seagull (1921) - Wikipedia
They followed that up with a number of one off or low production amphibious types in the 1920s before getting to the Seagull V, that became the Walrus, in 1933.
Supermarine - Wikipedia
Admiral Beez
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RJ Mitchell made some amazing aircraft for Supermarine besides his Spitfire. It's a shame he didn't live long enough to see his Walrus in wartime service, where it is credited with saving at least 1,000 British and Allied airmen after a water ditching. Maybe his Attacker, Swift and Scimitar would have been something else.
cammerjeff
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I never knew my former Employer Northwest Airlines operated Amphibians for a short time. On the Minneapolis to Duluth MN route. Apparantly Duluth did not have an airport at the time. But has a large Port on Lake Supioar that was used, then the Sikorsky S-38's Taxied up a boat launch ramp to unload/load.
source Aircraft – Sikorsky S-38B - Northwest Airlines History Center
source Aircraft – Sikorsky S-38B - Northwest Airlines History Center
GrauGeist
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Some of my favorite interwar flying boats were manufactured by Dornier.
Martin's M-130 was a beauty, too.
Martin's M-130 was a beauty, too.
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Hi
The British had the following amphibian designs during the inter-war wars:
Vickers Viking I - 1918.
Supermarine Sea King I & II - 1919.
Saunders Kittiwake - 1920.
Supermarine Commercial Amphibian -1920.
Vickers Viking II & III - 1920.
Vickers Viking IV - 1921.
Supermarine Seal II - 1921.
Supermarine Seagull - 1921.
Supermarine Sea Eagle - 1923.
Supermarine Scarab - 1924.
Vickers Vulture - 1924.
Saunders-Roe A.17 Cutty Sark - 1929.
Saunders-Roe A.19 Cloud - 1930 (monoplane).
Saunders-Roe A.21 Windover - 1931.
Vickers-Supermarine Walrus - 1933.
Vickers-Supermarine Sea Otter - 1938.
Source: 'British Flying-Boats and Amphibians 1909-1952' by G R Duval, Putnam 1966.
I hope that is of interest.
Mike
