Flying boats
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Flying boats
I came across this on Youtube showing Imperial Airways, QANTAS, BOAC, RAAF and RAF flying boats before, during and after WW2. I am sure many Prooners will enjoy it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_InRDPcaxDo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_InRDPcaxDo
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Cheers Bergerie, I shall watch that this evening.
Oddly enough I don't think I've ever seen a flying boat/floatplane land or take off on water, but I have flown off water in one of Jack Brown's Cubs!
Oddly enough I don't think I've ever seen a flying boat/floatplane land or take off on water, but I have flown off water in one of Jack Brown's Cubs!
Given that float planes are not the norm may I suggest Vancouver Harbour
When we were there I counted 18 different ones
We did the milk run where they go multi stop up the valley to the settlements and return
Twas not cheap but a great way to spend a day
When we were there I counted 18 different ones
We did the milk run where they go multi stop up the valley to the settlements and return
Twas not cheap but a great way to spend a day
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On the "to do" list!
Was at Chalk's base at Watson Island about 30 years ago, saw a Mallard taxy in but not actually land or depart.
Was at Chalk's base at Watson Island about 30 years ago, saw a Mallard taxy in but not actually land or depart.
Yes,I managed to get a ride on a Mallard to Bimini and back.
December 1972-a long time ago!
And Loch Lomond Seaplanes still offer flights in Scotland.
December 1972-a long time ago!
And Loch Lomond Seaplanes still offer flights in Scotland.
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Thanks for the link.
Kiltrash, agree. For me it was the wonderful Kenmore Air at Lake Union in Seattle
One gets to combine a flight in a de Havilland (DHC-3 for me) and a float plane. Bettered as a passenger flight experience only by a ride in certain BAC Type 102.
Kiltrash, agree. For me it was the wonderful Kenmore Air at Lake Union in Seattle
One gets to combine a flight in a de Havilland (DHC-3 for me) and a float plane. Bettered as a passenger flight experience only by a ride in certain BAC Type 102.
Some posts here on PPrune when I was very familiar with RAF Sunderlands way back in the late 1950's:
http://www.pprune.org/military-aviat...ml#post8808923
(post #6632)
http://www.pprune.org/military-aviat...ml#post8808923
(post #6632)
Saw many flying boats during boat trips from Portsmouth on Southampton Water in the '50s, but never saw one takeoff or land.
Yes they were there too, but further up near Hythe, there were several Solents/Sandringhams moored and I can remember a visit in about '56 where we saw an American boat (Pan Am?) moored near the Queen Elizabeth in Southampton Docks.
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OK, so where did the Catalina get such phenomenal endurance - eg Ted Hawkins' 15 mins short of 25 hours Sullom Voe to Spitsbergen and back. Don't think the Sunderland could have done that
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A propos of nothing except the Catalina, I recall landing in Mauritius in the early 70s; the captain smiled and said “I was stationed here flying Catalinas during the war.” He has a smile on his face!! I think he had a good war!
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I remember before I started working at Farnborough, one of the items on the display programme one year was a Shack Mk3 which would take off at the end of one day's display to go out on patrol and land at the beginning of the next day's display.
[Er do you mean Sullom Voe in the Shetlands?]