If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!!

• Dec 20, 2013

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"....so were they held as POWs?"

And no doubt, survived the war.

Britain didn't prevail by being nice.

 

• Dec 20, 2013

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How about an Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM-55X ?

Charles

 

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• Dec 20, 2013

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norab said:

How about H8K Emily
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I can remember when this very aircraft sat at NAS Norfolk, Va. (minus one engine). Then someone decided to give it back to Japan.

Charles

 

• Dec 21, 2013

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Yeah. That was a bit of a crime, no?

Charles did you build that 55?

 

• Dec 21, 2013

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A couple of pictures of a Fairey FIIID in flight, the second with the British fleet steaming toward Malta.

 

• Dec 21, 2013

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Great pictures!

Is it just me or do the floats/pontoons on the Fairey look like they've been put on backwards

Cheers

Steve

 

• Dec 21, 2013

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Capt. Vick said:

Yeah. That was a bit of a crime, no?

Charles did you build that 55?

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Good eye, Vick. Yes, that is a model airplane. I have the plans, and have considered building it, but, No, I did not build that one.

Charles

 

• Dec 21, 2013

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We all know about the OS2U-3 Kingfisher... and the Beechcraft Staggerwing in military garb, on floats.....

Charles

 

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• Dec 21, 2013

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How about the Sea Dart

 

• Dec 21, 2013

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I don't know whether the XF2Y-1 Sea Dart flying boat fighter aircraft was the Navy's screw up or Convair's.

And then there was the Glenn L. Martin P6M "Seamaster". Here's a good video of the Seamaster...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QowTqmxYZ1Q

Unfortunately politics got in the way of a very good jet seaplane. Don't believe me ? The Russian copy did just fine !!

Charles

 

• Dec 21, 2013

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Njaco

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freakin' great pics everyone!!!!

 

• Dec 21, 2013

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The H8K Emily is just a beautiful aircraft.

 

• Dec 22, 2013

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vikingBerserker said:

The H8K Emily is just a beautiful aircraft.

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It burned really good too.......

Charles

 

• Dec 23, 2013

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I think this is a CAMS 55, again in Malta 1932-34.

 

• Dec 24, 2013

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Saw the Ar196 (my all time fav) and I figured I'd add a couple. I'll post a few pix from some other rarely seen aircraft, too...

Ar196A-3 launching from the DKM Prinz Eugen


Ar196 being prepped


He119 V3


LeO H-46 (French - prewar)

 

• Dec 24, 2013

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Love that last one!

 

• Dec 24, 2013

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How about some Shorts!


Short Sunderland Mark I, N9029 'V', of No. 230 Squadron RAF, flying over the RAF Aboukir, Egypt, after taking off from Aboukir Bay.


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Short Sunderland Mark I, N9029 'V', of No. 230 Squadron RAF, taking off from Aboukir Bay.


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Short Sunderland Mark Is of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, at their moorings at Mount Batten, Devon.


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Groundcrew performing a routine overhaul on a Short Sunderland Mark I of No. 210 Squadron RAF, moored in Oban Bay, Scotland.


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Short Sunderland Mark III, EJ137 '1-T', of No. 201 Squadron RAF based at Castle Archdale, County Fermanagh, taking off from Lough Erne.


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Short Singapore III K8856 moored at Mount Batten, Plymouth, in May 1937. This aircraft was one of the last of the stately Singapores to be built and was delivered initially to No 228 Squadron.

 

• Dec 24, 2013

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They look more like flying boats than shorts Chris.
I'll get my coat.

 

• Dec 24, 2013

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Capt. Vick said:

Love that last one!

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That LeO H-46 never got far in development: French military policy changes and the onset of WWII derailed it's continued development, but it did look like it had potential.

It also looked sort of like a water bug

 

• Dec 24, 2013

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SIKORSKY JRS-1

 

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