If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!! (2 Viewers)

SaparotRob · Feb 13, 2026

Warspite63 said:
I really, really, REALLY tried to hit 'Like' ..... but my hand refused to follow instructions ...... Impressive? Yes. Attractive? Hell, no ...........

I really wanted to give you a "like".

Shortround6 · Feb 13, 2026

Warspite63 said:
I really, really, REALLY tried to hit 'Like' ..... but my hand refused to follow instructions ...... Impressive? Yes. Attractive? Hell, no ...........

There is always the "creative" button

MiTasol · Feb 13, 2026

Frog said:
Grumman JRF-1 / OA-14 flying over capsized USS Lafayette (AP-53) formerly SS Normandie, after it took fire at NY under dubious circumstances (pic from U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation).

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He has the tail wheel down. Must be landing crosswise on the beach.

MiTasol · Feb 13, 2026

Warspite63 said:
I really, really, REALLY tried to hit 'Like' ..... but my hand refused to follow instructions ...... Impressive? Yes. Attractive? Hell, no ...........

The word you were looking for was French.

Warspite63 · Feb 13, 2026

MiTasol said:
The word you were looking for was French.

C'est vrai! Fortunately for those with delicate aesthetic sensibilities, French designers subsequently produced some very attractive aircraft (Dewoitine D.520, the Arsenal prototypes, the LeO 451 series, etc.). The French Navy went through a similar process post-WW1, going from possessing some truly hideous monstrosities, to the elegant, Dunkerques, La Galissonieres, Le Terribles, etc.