War over the Wine Dark sea

[Schweik]

Admittedly a problematic omission, I thought I had added it so I'm a little perplexed. It won't let me edit the poll now that everyone has voted.

 

[XBe02Drvr]

To my eye this H6K looks a bit like a four engined PBY, albeit maybe a tad longer and more ungainly.

whereas (again, to my eye) this clearly majestic and beautiful (if slightly portly) Sunderland which you so cruelly deride...

Beauty is as beauty does, and the Sunderland is truly majestic, but I can't gaze upon her majesty without the phrase "der fliegende stackelschwein" coming to mind and the many hapless opponents who tried to interfere with her mission and lost. Her Japanese counterpart, OTOH, looks sleeker and less majestic, and looking at her aesthetically, I just can't erase the many images I've seen of her and her sisters going down in flames.
By the way, I've checked in here after the polls were closed, so I'm disenfranchised, but that's okay, as this is an arena where I lack both expertise and strong opinions.
Cheers,
Wes

 

[Schweik]

Beauty is as beauty does, and the Sunderland is truly majestic, but I can't gaze upon her majesty without the phrase "der fliegende stackelschwein" coming to mind and the many hapless opponents who tried to interfere with her mission and lost. Her Japanese counterpart, OTOH, looks sleeker and less majestic, and looking at her aesthetically, I just can't erase the many images I've seen of her and her sisters going down in flames.
By the way, I've checked in here after the polls were closed, so I'm disenfranchised, but that's okay, as this is an arena where I lack both expertise and strong opinions.
Cheers,
Wes

Slightly odd, since I didn't think I had put an expiration on the thread? But never fear- I started another with superior choices

Best flying boats, from War over the Wine Dark Sea

 

[Just Schmidt]

I got a nagging feeling there's one more we may have forgotten...

 

[GrauGeist]

I got a nagging feeling there's one more we may have forgotten...

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This wasn't designed as a seaplane, otherwise we'd have to include types like the Leo 451, Ju52 and so on...

 

[BiffF15]

I got a nagging feeling there's one more we may have forgotten...

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That thing is amazing! I wondered how it handled (airborne and in the water)?

Cheers,
Biff

 

[Shortround6]

From memory of what I have read (and certainly subject to revision) the aircraft itself didn't handle badly. But trying to load or unload in the primitive areas it was supposed to serve was judged to be a problem.