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Like Johnny Cash's Cadillac in the song "One Piece at a Time" lolThat last one just looks like they had bits left over from 20 years of plane building and decided to see what they could come up with.......
I always thought the Emily should have had more of a role as a bomber. It had the range and armament to cause fighters trouble. Like the second attack on Pearl Harbor, there were refueling options. If more were built and if the Japanese drew up some of their intricate plans to utilize them, they could have stirred up trouble on the coast. I read about a sub base on the Mexican coast south of San Diego, imagine if they were able to hide a small refueling depot for Emilys there. 1942-early 43 could have been really interesting if the navy had to focus closer to home instead of honing carrier operations against misc Japanese based.How about H8K Emily
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There is a Solent preserved at MoTaT in Auckland.Video from No-Do (Noticiario y Documentales, weekly news proyected before movies in spanish cinemas between 1942 and 1981) announcing the start of the air connection from Southampton (UK) to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) in 1952, via Lisbon and Madeira.
The flight was made with Short Solent of Aquila Airways weekly, arriving at Las Palmas on Saturday and leaving the same day and the connection lasted till 1957.
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The flight was made with Short Solent of Aquila Airways weekly, arriving at Las Palmas on Saturday and leaving the same day and the connection lasted till 1957.
Thanks for the clarification. I do notice the faring that covered the front turret but (wrongly) belive that the Solent was a Sunderland converted to civil Airlines.Interesting to see the clip, thanks for posting Azul. The aircraft in it is a Sunderland, note in the last frame at .049 you can see two recognition features, the bomb bay door below the wing and the fairing in the nose that replaced the gun turret has been retracted to aid in the mooring process. Aquila had a few Sunderland IIIs, as well as a Sandringham, which was a more extensive Sunderland conversion that resembled a proper airliner and not a converted maritime patrol bomber, without turrets and bomb bay doors, as well as the Solents.
Thanks for the clarification. I do notice the faring that covered the front turret but (wrongly) belive that the Solent was a Sunderland converted to civil Airlines.
Much appreciated the correction!