If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!! (2 Viewers)

[GTX]

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

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Are we looking at a retractable float!

 

[GTX]

Are we looking at a retractable float!

Yes

 

[buffnut453]

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Always liked the Blackburn B.20. It was an innovative design that actually succeeded in solving the challenges presented by traditional flying boats. 'Tis a shame it was a developmental dead-end and, even more so, that the only prototype crashed, taking most of the crew with it.

This video provides some useful insights and has a few pics of the beast in flight.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2WKXcdLt8E

 

[GTX]

Parnall Puffin

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[GTX]

Port Victoria P.V.2, a floatplane fighter intended to intercept German Zeppelins.

 

[cammerjeff]

That's a new type for my eyes, almost looks like a warren truss system of interplane struts. Interesting.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

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Port Victoria P.V.2, a floatplane fighter intended to intercept German Zeppelins.

Very clean lines for a WW1 plane

 

[tengu1979]

ALso in It can barely fly and can barely float:
Mil Mi-14PL

And PZL W-3 ANAKONDA

 

[GTX]

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.

 

[Warspite63]

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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.

No way he can take off carrying that!

 

[SaparotRob]

No way he can take off carrying that!

Not with that attitude.

 

[GTX]

Blériot 5190

 

[Vic Balshaw]

I like the flight deck!

 

[special ed]

with the engine just overhead!
It appears to be a four engine craft with no bailout chance.

 

[MiTasol]

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.

 

[GTX]

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.

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.