Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Looks like a torpedo in a way. I bet it took a gorilla to crank those floats up.
If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!!
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vikingBerserker
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I've never seen that one before though I think the retractable floats is a great idea. I have a pic of a large British Flying boat that had that ability in one of my books somewhere.
GrauGeist
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I think it was posted earlier in this thread.
vikingBerserker
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fubar57
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Nice David. That one kinda has everything going against it; big round engine, flat windscreen, turret and floats. All they needed to do was drag a parachute behind them and it would have had little forward speed.
Geo
Geo
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Actually, I just checked and I was mistaken.
Now sure where I saw it at, a while back...but anyway, here it is, the Blackburn B20:
And while I'm at it, I'll toss up another rarity, the Soviet bomber DB-3 torpedo bomber prototype, the DB-3TP:
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Njaco
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Lord........
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
And they were picking on your post Chris. Whoa!
Whoa!
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
That's the one Dave!
I had seen it in British Experimental Combat Aircraft of World War II: Prototypes, Research Aircraft, and Failed Production Designs by Buttler
I had seen it in British Experimental Combat Aircraft of World War II: Prototypes, Research Aircraft, and Failed Production Designs by Buttler
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
That retractable float concept is actually being tried on a few modern aircraft, too. The retractable float technology is now called RAPT (Retractable Amphibious Pontoon Technology)
Nice shots guys!
Nice. The B.20 had merits to it, but powered by two RR Vultures was not going to go anywhere development wise in a hurry. The remains of that one are at the bottom of the sea at Dumbarton, where it was built. The Rolls Royce Heritage Trust at Hillington, Glasgow recovered one of its Vulture engines and has it on display there.
Here's a couple of a rare survivor:
Here's a couple of a rare survivor:
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vikingBerserker
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That is just a gorgeous aircraft!
We should never have given that one back.
fubar57
General
Type ugly into Google and your never disappointed, the Fokker T.IV...
Geo
Geo
They don't make them like that anymore...thank God!
