Why did every country have a flying boat ?

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Right on the beach .

lol

 

[fubar57]

What's that useless flying boat doing beside your landing beach

 

[GrauGeist]

What's that useless flying boat doing beside your landing beach

Waiting for the B-29s Fw200s to land...

 

[WARSPITER]

Yes. The first prototype large plane designed for island landings was the child of the aptly named BEACH airygobuzzer company.
It had some rough design errors and the test pilots referred to it as the Sunova Beach.

(Note: some of the info in the two previous sentences may not be strictly accurate).

 

[special ed]

Is the OP the twin brother of the unmentionable expert?

 

[33k in the air]

Dammit!! Ya' beat me to it! Curses!
Stoopid time zones.

There is nothing wrong with your time zone. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to . . . The Outer Aircraft Limits.

 

[VA5124]

Waiting for the B-29s Fw200s to land...

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

 

[FLYBOYJ]

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

Once again your naivety shows - taking off and/or landing on a beach is risky with even the lightest aircraft, how many "twins" have you seen operating with a bombload along the beach on a regular basis??? Please stop grasping at straws!

 

[fubar57]

 

[WARSPITER]

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

Four wheel drive landing gear ?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

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

 

[SaparotRob]

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

Like Dieppe?

 

[pbehn]

Like Dieppe?

Whitby has a nice beach, just wait a few hours for the storm to clear and the tide to fall, you can wait a few hors cant you?

 

[GrauGeist]

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

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...

 

[EwenS]

Probably the only airport in the world using a beach for a runway. Twin Otter is the usual aircraft.

Barra Airport - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[muskeg13]

Four wheel drive landing gear ?

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

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

You can't land airplanes weighing tons onto sand.

Well, you can, but you won't have a flyable airplane, and may not have a crew to fly it.

Pa Thump used to tell me -- "you've got two ears and one mouth for a reason, boy." Use 'em in that order, you'll learn a lot here.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

You can't land airplanes weighing tons onto sand.

Well, you can, but you won't have a flyable airplane, and may not have a crew to fly it.

Pa Thump used to tell me -- "you've got two ears and one mouth for a reason, boy." Use 'em in that order, you'll learn a lot here.

Of course you can…

Once

 

[33k in the air]

What's that useless flying boat doing beside your landing beach

The backstroke. I think.

 

[VA5124]

Four wheel drive landing gear ?

All terrain tires so you dont get stuck .