If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!!

[GrauGeist]

That second photo is the JRM-1 "Marshall Islands" Mars.

The BV222 and BV238 had 6 engines.

 

[Wild_Bill_Kelso]

My bad! It struck me as similar. Also i went to US public schools so my counting is a bit off...

 

[special ed]

That explains a lot!

 

[J4F-2]

Typed "Ugliest Floatplane" into Google images, was not disappointed. I have no idea what this was....

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Geo

The Curtiss-Goupil "Duck".

 

[Col Campbell]

Got into this thread very late. Here are some pictures of the highly modified 1920s era Navy torpedo bomber (Davis-Douglas DT-2), dubbed the Douglas World Cruiser (DWC), that could use both wheels or pontoons to take off and land. Four copies (of five) of this aircraft were used in the 1924 US Army Air Service "Around the World" flight, the first of its kind, flying from Washington State westward around the world. Only two of the original four completed the flight with the flight commander's plane (the Seattle) crashing in the Aleutian Islands and the other plane (the Boston) having to land in the Atlantic due to an oil pump failure. With one of the floats badly damaged, the Boston could not be recovered and sank.

The Boston as she sank.

The crew were taken to Newfoundland where the original DWC was flown there, renamed Boston II, and continued the flight.

Here are some more pictures:

The Chicago enroute to the city of Boston after crossing the Atlantic.

The Douglas World Cruiser prototype. This was the plane that was renamed Boston II to continue the mission.

The Boston II landing at Clover Field, California, near the end of the odyssey.

All of these images are from the Internet and were used by me for a presentation titled "Turks, Indians, Spaniards, and a Flight around the World: The Lives and Military Careers of Four Mississippians." One of the crew of the Boston was Mississippian Henry "Hank" Herbert Ogden who was the mechanic. He later went on to a career developing aircraft in the southwest US and working for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation before, during, and after WW2.

Jim

 

[SaparotRob]

The Curtiss-Goupil "Duck".

Lordy that thing is ugly!

 

[N4521U]

It's obvious the DWC does not tow well.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots

 

[tab28682]

Have spent parts of a few evenings cruising through this thread. Great stuff.

Thought I might add a few not seen in the thread.

From China: the large AVIC AG600. First flight in 2017. Slated for production. 127 foot wingspan. Sure looks like Shin Mewia (now called ShinMaywa) was involved along the way.

 

[tab28682]

Here we have the first Russian jet powered flying boat, the Be-10.

 

[tab28682]

And here is the Beriev A-40/A-42 Albatross. Could be considered as the father of the civilian Be-200, which was posted on this thread elsewhere.

 

[Airframes]

Nice and interesting pics, and welcome to the disfunctional family from an old(ish) chap from England.

 

[SaparotRob]

Cool pics, tab28682. Welcome to the Forum.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Welcome T tab28682 , very nice pics

 

[MiTasol]

And here is the Beriev A-40/A-42 Albatross. Could be considered as the father of the civilian Be-200, which was posted on this thread elsewhere.View attachment 724706

Great photos and all unusual as well. Many thanks from an oldish geezer in Australia

Welcome aboard the forum

 

[special ed]

Welcome to the group.

 

[machine shop tom]

USS Los Angeles was just full of all sorts of talent, too.

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Looks like that talent is going to fall out.

 

[N4521U]

And here is the Beriev A-40/A-42 Albatross. Could be considered as the father of the civilian Be-200, which was posted on this thread elsewhere.View attachment 724706

Yes, welcome to mob.
"Mothballs" is what we called new recruits! We have All been one in the beginning!!!

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

 

[herman1rg]

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Somebody needs to build a model of that!