Mystery flying boat

[Rory57]

Back a few years in the Brilliant Pics thread (Old Hairy's post 222) is this flying boat, looking like a Walrus pilots fantasy.
It looks like the most exciting little boat since / until the Saro SRA/1.
The noise inside must have been horrendous with the (presumably a Merlin or Griffon) driving the contra-prop the tips of which are only a few inches from ears.
I don't know what it is, can anyone tell me more or point me in the direction of more pics or info please?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/iwakuni/scan0006.jpg

[SincoTC]

It's a Supermarine Seagull ASR-1 of 1948.

Your favourite search engine will find lots of info, but this link tell the story

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Seagull_(1948)

Edit: I don't know why that link doesn't quite work right (even though it's copied directly from the page, you have to click on the words "Supermarine Seagull (1948)" immediately to the right of "Did you mean" in the page that appears

[RegDep]

Better link. For some reason the '[/url]' gets copied into a wrong place…..

Supermarine Seagull (1948) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Seagull_(1948))

[SincoTC]

Thanks Reg, :ok:

Just finishing my lunch break, I see you're off again soon, have a good trip and hurry back!!

[Rory57]

Thanks for the help chaps. That is at least 3 different 'boats called Seagull.

What a machine. Yet another blind alley for the wartime aircraft industry and as ever, what a shame they are all scrapped. I feel the need for a replica, come on billionaires!

[Noyade]

Could this be the only photo of the Seagull...in water?

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2645/lastscan8533549.jpg (http://img29.imageshack.us/i/lastscan8533549.jpg/)

[FlightlessParrot]

@Sinco: I think the problem with your URL is that the closing bracket round "1948" doesn't get included.

[forget]

The whole back end of that aircraft is interesting. Did the designer jump ship and join Martin? Compare ....

The Martin Mariner, Mars, & Marlin Flying Boats (http://www.vectorsite.net/avmars.html)

[SincoTC]

Thanks FP; I was in a hurry as my lunch break was ending and I just clicked in the Wiki URL bar to highlight it and then copied it straight into my post, but you're right, for some reason it's not underlining the closing bracket, well spotted :ok:!

[aviate1138]

Would love to have seen a pass at around 38KTS! What a shame it didn't reach production.

Were there any remarks about the noise levels inside?

[Peter-RB]

Didn't the Yanks have a flying boat with a similar tail arrangement a high wing twin engine job, but I think it was mainly used in the Pacific WW11 theatre, I cannot find a picture but think it was a Consolidated Vultee , sadly I cannot remember any name.

PeterR-B

[henry crun]

Peter-RB: Were you thinking of the Martin Mariner ?
File:Pbm martin-mariner.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pbm_martin-mariner.jpg)

[forget]

Prune's own Parallel universe. :ugh:

[Noyade]

Were there any remarks about the noise levels inside?

Very loud. :)...

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/697/seagull.jpg (http://img545.imageshack.us/i/seagull.jpg/)

[SincoTC]

Here are a couple of interesting pages and pics from the "Flight Archive".

1948 | 1938 | Flight Archive (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%201938.html)

1948 | 1939 | Flight Archive (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%201939.html)

It's also worth noting that the Seagull was fitted with a variable-incidence wing.

[Peter-RB]

Henry C,

Spot on, thats the one I could remember, shape was correct to memory, name hoplessly wrong.
Thank you/

PeterR-B