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Are we looking at a retractable float!
YesAre we looking at a retractable float!
Very clean lines for a WW1 planeView attachment 841197View attachment 841198
Port Victoria P.V.2, a floatplane fighter intended to intercept German Zeppelins.
No way he can take off carrying that!View attachment 841661
24 Oct. 1923. The US. Navy submarine S-1 (SS-105) with her petite MS-1 on the after deck, "Thames River" Norfolk, Virginia. Notice the plane's small hangar aft of the conning tower.
Not with that attitude.No way he can take off carrying that!
Indeed it was a mail plane. 4 engines and 4 crew. It was actually Blériot Aéronautique's last design. In 1936, the order was cancelled forcing the company into bankruptcy.It is a civil aircraft so bailout was not normally an option anyway.
It appears to be a mail plane given there is no passenger accomodation.