If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!!

[wuzak]

A design by Ukranian engineer von Gasenko, it had very short wings and was not designed to fly in the conventional sense. Instead, it was to "hop" over the waves much like a sea flea. I run into strange and wierd flying machines but this "takes the cakeView attachment 469717

Like a Wing-In-Ground aircraft!

 

[fubar57]

Grumman TBF Avenger after it ditched following a catapult mishap on board the USS Bataan - 29 March 13, 1944

 

[Wurger]

 

[Elmas]

Ansaldo S.V.A. floatplane

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice!

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Graeme]

 

[Airframes]

A Link trainer on floats ??!!

 

[Graeme]

To help train US Navy personnel in the complexities of water take-off and landings. Under water there's a nacelle with a 25 hp marine engine. At first it was towed...but in the end, the idea didn't 'take-off' and the US Navy didn't accept it.

 

[Airframes]

Interesting. It seems to have been a good idea for the time.

 

[gumbyk]

Interesting. It seems to have been a good idea for the time.

Looks like a whole heap of fun though!!!

 

[Elmas]

 

[buffnut453]

Looks like a whole heap of fun though!!!

Looks like you could easily end up in a heap using that thing...and a soggy heap at that!

 

[gumbyk]

Looks like you could easily end up in a heap using that thing...and a soggy heap at that!

But can you imagine the grin you'd have on your face?

 

[vikingBerserker]

Heck, I want one!

 

[fubar57]

Different.....There is something similar on the market now though a personal watercraft(surf-board?) but I can't remember where I saw it.

EDIT: found it.......

View: https://youtu.be/b0Vb9zqgeFM
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.....now imagine running into uncharted shallows with this thing

 

[Elmas]

Cant 25 on the Incrociatore "Giovanni Bande Nere", mid '30s.

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Nice

 

[Graeme]

The Monte-Copter Triphibian...