Why did every country have a flying boat ?

[SaparotRob]

It's been a long time since I read Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. Didn't Lt. Lawsen (?) attempt to do a wheels down landing on a beach in China after the Doolittle Raid?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Actually it depends on the sand/beach. During the Korean War the allies used some of the beaches of islands off North Korea as emergency landing fields, the RAAF had at least one Meteor land, be repaired and take off. Report from one of the engineer officers who did the repair, flew in using a C-47. State of the tide was considered important.

This is the exception rather than the rule and would not be a regular practice under normal operations. When landing on a beach you run the risk of having the stability of the sand change which can result in a nose over, be it in a taildragger or an aircraft with a nose landing gear. This guy made it out OK but you can see what happened to the NLG. If he had any type of prop strike the engine would have to be torn down and inspected (at a minimum) for damage, the prop would also have to be inspected and possibly repaired as well.

Small plane filmed flying along Florida beach before emergency landing

Incredible video footage shows a small plane flying just feet above the sand as it makes an emergency landing on a Florida beach. The single-engine Cessna 172 Skyhawk was heading to the Bahamas fro…

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[FLYBOYJ]

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[FLYBOYJ]

This guy tried to take off right at the shore line where the sand would be harder due to the surf. A misjudgment of a wave washing up on shore results in disaster. Imagine a fully loaded WW2 bomber or any type attempting to do this!

 

[SaparotRob]

This guy tried to take off right at the shore line where the sand would be harder due to the surf. A misjudgment of a wave washing up on shore results in disaster. Imaging a fully loaded WW2 bomber or any type attempting to do this!

The problem was due to the pilot not using the clearly marked runway (25 second mark).

 

[Just Schmidt]

The plot thickens. Can it really be a coincidence that this was uploaded yesterday?

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

It's been a long time since I read Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. Didn't Lt. Lawsen (?) attempt to do a wheels down landing on a beach in China after the Doolittle Raid?

I think they fell short and landed offshore.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

This guy tried to take off right at the shore line where the sand would be harder due to the surf. A misjudgment of a wave washing up on shore results in disaster. Imaging a fully loaded WW2 bomber or any type attempting to do this!

Beaches be bitches.

 

[wuzak]

Considering most islands have beachs to land on the idea of a flying boat is redunat.

Assuming those beaches are long enough, wide enough and straight enough for an aircraft to land and take-off.

Also assuming that the sand is compacted/solid enough to take the wheel loads.

And hoping that tides don't interfere with your landing strip.

 

[BlackSheep]

The plot thickens. Can it really be a coincidence that this was uploaded yesterday?

I love this channel, Mark Felton is the goat for interesting WW2 history stories.

 

[BlackSheep]

I guess they should have talked to you first, then, before going to all the trouble of building airstrips on islands when there were beaches all over...

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No need for all those USN SeaBees when you have mother nature's medium bomber landing strips.

 

[Just Schmidt]

With what we have learned in this thread, Guadalcanal in hindsight becomes one of the US's most succesful deceptions of the war. Damn the Japanese were foolish for constructing and fighting for Henderson field when they were already surruonded by nice beaches.

 

[Capt. Vick]

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That top guy is from Australia so... Getting my coat.

 

[fubar57]

Scroll down to page 27.... LIFE

 

[33k in the air]

Damn the Japanese were foolish for constructing and fighting for Henderson field when they were already surruonded by nice beaches.

I think you mean surrounded by nice waifus.

 

[SaparotRob]

Scroll down to page 27.... LIFE

There's a lot of great stuff in there!

 

[BlackSheep]

With what we have learned in this thread, Guadalcanal in hindsight becomes one of the US's most succesful deceptions of the war. Damn the Japanese were foolish for constructing and fighting for Henderson field when they were already surruonded by nice beaches.

Finally, as GeeDub would have said,"Someone who understands STRATEEGERY." I would rate this masterpiece of deception higher than "The Ghost Army" in England, but just a hair below the ugly deception stating subpar performance from the P-39 (lies such as that it was incapable of speeds beyond Mach 1.2 in level flight, it's stealth capabilities weren't the reason why the Japanese shelved their radar programs for over a year, and that they never had atomic shells for the 37mm cannon. Seriously, are we really to believe that IJN Yamato and IJN Musashi were done in by dozens of CONVENTIONAL bombs and torpedos and not one or two well-placed 37mm atomic rounds fired from an ocean skimming airacobra? )

 

[swampyankee]

All terrain tires so you dont get stuck .

Go look at some pictures of light aircraft with high flotation tires. Compare these to the same aircraft with normal tires, then explain why your scheme would work with a large aircraft with retractable gear.

We'll wait. Maybe I'll post a rubric.

 

[Shortround6]

I stopped replying to his posts, I may read them for amusement but I don't bother to reply.

 

[GrauGeist]

They do, however, result in some good information that other readers might find useful.

Well, early on, at least.