Mr. Ghost, that is one interesting video. Those guys had big ones, made of brass, gives a whole new meaning to 'test pilot'. No doubt they'd figured out all the tricks beforehand, but it still took nerve to ditch that thing. I seem to recall the B-24 was notorious for killing the cockpit crew in a wheels-up landing, the airplane would break apart at the leading edge of the wings, as that one did and the cockpit would be mangled. It would also break at the trailing edge, apparently the bomb bay created a weak spot. Have you seen pictures of Lady Be Good?
Frank those are hefty floats, what are they installed on, a 'van? We had the very first set of Edo 2960's - msn 001 - installed on a brand new 1966 C-185. The whole airplane including a set of Flui Dyne A3000 skis came to less than 35 grand.