If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!!

• Nov 8, 2017

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johnbr said:

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

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Like a Wing-In-Ground aircraft!

 

• Nov 10, 2017

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

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• Nov 10, 2017

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• Nov 17, 2017

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Ansaldo S.V.A. floatplane

 

• Nov 17, 2017

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Nice!

 

• Nov 21, 2017

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• Nov 30, 2017

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• Nov 30, 2017

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A Link trainer on floats ??!!

 

• Nov 30, 2017

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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.

 

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• Nov 30, 2017

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

 

• Nov 30, 2017

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Airframes said:

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

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Looks like a whole heap of fun though!!!

 

• Dec 1, 2017

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• Dec 1, 2017

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gumbyk said:

Looks like a whole heap of fun though!!!

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

 

• Dec 1, 2017

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buffnut453 said:

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

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

 

• Dec 1, 2017

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Heck, I want one!

 

• Dec 6, 2017

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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

 

• Jan 15, 2018

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

 

• Jan 15, 2018

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• Jan 17, 2018

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Nice

 

• Jan 17, 2018

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The Monte-Copter Triphibian...