If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!! (4 Viewers)

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Heinkel He 114 from the spanish air force Group 52 of naval cooperation:

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[GTX]

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Not a pic but a YouTube short of He 115 in convoy escort duties. Nice cos the oddity:


View: https://youtube.com/shorts/eNfI6s9eOLM?si=qjSVzQWaRd8XbvED

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Canadian Airways DH.89 Dragon Rapide in Vancouver harbour.

 

[Wurger]

 

[SaparotRob]

First picture of a Dragon Rapide on floats I've seen.

 

[N4521U]

That flies?????????

 

[MiTasol]

very slowly

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Another YouTube short. He.59s with torpedoes underneath:


View: https://youtu.be/2DxmqGn4YdM?si=KVN_BUyOlFp2vqqn

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Marlin in RATO take off:


View: https://youtu.be/r_MQEJwEar8?si=p37A03LlzZaPBy9w

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Some more He. 114 in formation flight:


View: https://youtube.com/shorts/KFhB7vgWbTI?si=62C_k5gkG48i9Hqd

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

And here a long vid about the Dornier Do.X, including an interview with the head of a reconstruction effort to build a 1:1 seaworhty (lakeworthy rather) model. I didn't know that they were trying to bring it back:


View: https://youtu.be/y5fgcuMwK0c?si=0odAa5o2ehUNrko6

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

OS2U Kingfisher catapult launch and recovery. I didn't realize how dangerous was to hook the winch to the plane!


View: https://youtu.be/Jl01ElSHpVk?si=uXqvZJyFl8zq_mTG

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

More He. 60 and He. 59 doing patrols:


View: https://youtu.be/cfdiOP7Xsm0?si=IP8T452gWEH0dKhK

 

[GTX]

Fabre Hydravion:

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Fabre Hydravion:

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Look at all that rigging and I love the little rudder.