If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!!

[Capt. Vick]

Sweet!

 

[Wayne Little]

new one to me...

 

[fubar57]

Bristol XLRQ-1 Amphibian Glider...

Geo

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

First time I've ever seen boat/glider. Interesting.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Are they the same? I see a star on the Bristol.

 

[Gnomey]

They are similar but not the same I think. Interesting shots though!

 

[Njaco]

Friedrichshafen FF.60 experimental floatplane.

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[vikingBerserker]

I wonder how the top engines impacted take offs? Cool looking plane though.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

To look at that, and then look at what we have today and wonder how we ever got to this point. Amazing.

 

[GrauGeist]

The learning curve was a steep one there for a while...

 

[Wildcat]

Martin PBM Mariner, one of my favourites.

 

[Wurger]

Lublin R-VIII bis.

 

[vikingBerserker]

I love the flying boats.

 

[Wayne Little]

good stuff Guys..

 

[Capt. Vick]

Is that Polish float plane sinking? You can almost see nothing of the pontoons. And that is without people that I can see. Would love to hear the story behind that.

 

[Wurger]

Sinking .... not yet. The Lublin R-VIII HYDRO no.803 floatplane was damaged on the 1st September 1939 at the naval air station in Puck. Then she was moved near Chałupy village at the Hel peninsula. I think the pic was taken at that moment. On the 8th September 1939 she was destroyed with the R-VIII no.802 together during a German air raid.

 

[Njaco]

 

[Wurger]

 

[GrauGeist]

Good shot of that Curtiss!

Something that might be missed by the casual observer, but a seaplane (floatplane) pilot not only had to land thier aircraft in the rolling water of the sea, but had to do so in the wake of a moving ship AND guide the aircraft onto the recovery slip.

In my mind, it puts these pilots above carrier rated pilots

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thanks for that bit of schooling Dave. I did not know this.