If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!!

[Warspite63]

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A bit of a different view of a Coranado
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Some pilot decided that 'flying submarine' sounded waaaaay cooler than 'flying boat'..............

 

[herman1rg]

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He'll get wet doing that, I can see the rain hitting the water.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[MiTasol]

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Interesting photo - no ventral fin, not a Pratt R-1340 and an interesting load which must have made directional control in the air "interesting" because carrying a spare float lashed to the side causes them to crab even with the ventral fin.

 

[MiTasol]

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AI or photoshop - I wonder which one.

 

[cammerjeff]

3 pictures of the Lockheed Vega Float plane used on the Antarctic Expedition of the The Research Ship William Scoresby of Sir Hubert Wilkins' Expedition 1929-1930

source warship wednesday – laststandonzombieisland

 

[GTX]

Another photo of the same:

I've actually been to Deception Island and seen the remains of the 'base' there:

 

[MiTasol]

That was a high tech research base by the standards of the time it was built.

 

[Steamed_Banana]

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What the hell is that!?

 

[GTX]

What the hell is that!?

Short S.18 Knuckleduster

 

[Bretoal2]

Short S.18 Knuckleduster

Above the engine nacelles, the big protruding volumes are not radiators, but condensers, as this floatplane was fitted with experimental Rolls-Royce Goshawk engines. The Goshawk were a steam-cooled version of the Kestrel. This peculiar design did not prove satisfactory....

 

[Steamed_Banana]

If it can fly it can float. But perhaps not too well.

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Is one of those guys getting something out of the wing there or is he just standing up?

 

[MiTasol]

I think he is starting to inflate the raft

 

[Steamed_Banana]

I think he is starting to inflate the raft

Makes sense!

 

[Steamed_Banana]

Another photo of the same:

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I've actually been to Deception Island and seen the remains of the 'base' there:

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Looking at these wonderfully, incredibly bleak photos reminds me of recently reading "Into the Endless Mist" about the Aleutians campaign. What a tough duty station. Man. It's hard to figure what was worse out of all the Pacific stations (other than Hawaii...) but this must have been a truly challenging if not utterly nightmarish posting.

 

[GTX]

Looking at these wonderfully, incredibly bleak photos reminds me of recently reading "Into the Endless Mist" about the Aleutians campaign. What a tough duty station. Man. It's hard to figure what was worse out of all the Pacific stations (other than Hawaii...) but this must have been a truly challenging if not utterly nightmarish posting.

The lack of colour was something I really noticed, both here and in Antarctica. It would be quite impactful on people based there for long periods.

 

[Warspite63]

Short S.18 Knuckleduster

Gets my vote for Best Aircraft Name ..... I don't care it was not a success
Then again, with a name like that, it shoulda been a ground attack plane

 

[MIflyer]

Then again, with a name like that, it shoulda been a ground attack plane

It may have referred to its altitude capability.

 

[Steamed_Banana]

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What is this one?

 

[Steamed_Banana]

Fleetwings Sea Bird

Here's another photo:

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Is that covered in some kind of flexible insulation or something? Tin foil?