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

[stug3]

'Raiders of the North Atlantic' (Roy Grinnell)
Blohm und Voss BV 138

 

[stug3]

Curtiss SO3C Seamews
USS Biloxi (CL-80) 1943

 

[herman1rg]

Not the best looking plane ever.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Saunders-Roe Princess G-ALUN displaying at the Farnborough SBAC Show in September 1953. No photo credit available,

 

[vikingBerserker]

Would I have loved to have flown in that one.

 

[rochie]

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Saunders-Roe Princess G-ALUN displaying at the Farnborough SBAC Show in September 1953. No photo credit available,

would've loved to see that flying !

 

[fubar57]

Beautiful

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Airframes]

Found in 'Random Media'

 

[fubar57]

The story behind the rafty P-40...George Maude's P-40E by Chris Maude

 

[Wurger]

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

No photo credit available.

 

[SaparotRob]

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I'm from Long Island. GO DUCKS!

 

[Capt. Vick]

I'm from Long Island. GO DUCKS!

Same!

 

[Dash119]

The story behind the rafty P-40...George Maude's P-40E by Chris Maude

I had guessed the Pacific Northwest based on the fishing boat before I even clicked on the link. Is this the P-40 that was never restored, having all the original equipment?

 

[fubar57]

Dash119 George Maude's P-40E by Chris Maude

 

[Dash119]

I had clicked on that link, but I'm not sure if it answered my question...

I assume it is the same plane, but I had read about a P-40 that was put into storage sometime after the war and was untouched for decades. This made for a rather rare time capsule for the original equipment, which is almost always deleted or replaced during restoration/conversion/

 

[fubar57]

You are correct about it being complete. Its history...Intermission One – Kittyhawk AK803 (1034)

 

[nuuumannn]

Here'tis. Lived in New Zealand for a couple of years.

P-40

P-40 still

 

[SaparotRob]

It's beautiful.