If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!!
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ThomasP
Chief Master Sergeant
He should have a big trout or sturgeon carcass (stuffed?) that he could mount in the shark mouth when he is parked. 
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1st Lieutenant
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- May 13, 2018
After close inspection, it appears to have French civil registration which may explain the waste of two engines on a twin float biplane.
It does have a front opening windscreen, which indicates bug smashes on the pilot are not a problem because of speed.
MiTasol
Major
I am fairly sure that it had a CF- rego and was made by Fleet.
MiTasol
Major
Found it - Fleet model 50 Freighter. Powered by two 330hp shaky Jakes.
Correct.Found it - Fleet model 50 Freighter. Powered by two 330hp shaky Jakes.
Warspite63
Staff Sergeant
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- Dec 8, 2022
....and yet again, Santa failed to bring me a sexy PBY. Am crushed. Again
Found it - Fleet model 50 Freighter. Powered by two 330hp shaky Jakes.
So the supposed "French" registration ( F-xxxx) is a Canadian one (CF-xxxx).
And it's amusing to consider the second engine was a waste, as this unfortunate aircraft was very underpowered - and specially, unable to fly on a single engine.
392nd Fighter Squadron, 367th Fighter Group, 9th AF - Cricqueville-en-Bessin A-2, Normandy, August 26, 1944.
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SaparotRob
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cammerjeff
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A bit of a different view of a Coranado
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