If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!! (1 Viewer)

[Warspite63]

What is this one?

Supermarine Stranraer (unless someone knows better....)

 

[GTX]

What is this one?

Supermarine Stranraer

Supermarine Stranraer - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[GTX]

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

No, just thin metal

 

[GTX]

Supermarine Stranraer (unless someone knows better....)

Snap!

 

[MiTasol]

What is this one?

Supermarine Stranraer (oops should have looked further down the thread)

 

[Count de Bastrop]

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

Stainless steel with engine-turned polishing

 

[GTX]

 

[fannum]

What the hell is that!?

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Properly equipped Amphibian.

 

[fannum]

What the hell is that!?

Same folks that built this!

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[GTX]

 

[GTX]

 

[GTX]

 

[cammerjeff]

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A DO-24 with PT-6's! I don't think it gets much better than that!

 

[cammerjeff]

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[cammerjeff]

The one Latécoère 521 flying boat built as a civil airliner, at NAS Pensacola, January 14th 1936.

source laststandonzombieisland

 

[Wurger]

 

[Frog]

Grumman JRF-1 / OA-14 flying over capsized USS Lafayette (AP-53) formerly SS Normandie, after it took fire at NY under dubious circumstances (pic from U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation).

 

[Warspite63]

Th one Latécoère 521 flying boat built as a civil airliner, at NAS Pensacola, January 14th 1936.
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source laststandonzombieisland

I really, really, REALLY tried to hit 'Like' ..... but my hand refused to follow instructions ...... Impressive? Yes. Attractive? Hell, no ...........