Flying Boats.

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  1. ltdan

    ltdan Nietenzähler

    Sic parvis magna: FGP 227,
    ¼ scale flying model built to provide data for the development of the BV 238.
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    ltdan, Jul 3, 2020
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  2. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    von Poop, Jan 30, 2021
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  3. Alec1935

    Alec1935 Active Member

    Impressive design and it had a clever beaching trolley it taxied into and when connected plane and trolley could taxi up the slipway and out of the water.

     
    Alec1935, Mar 11, 2021
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  4. redtop

    redtop Well-Known Member

    These pictures taken around mid 1930 of flying boats under construction on the Medway.(Own collection)
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    redtop, Mar 12, 2021
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  5. Don Juan

    Don Juan Well-Known Member

    I have long pondered starting a conspiracy theory that flying boats were a hoax.
     
    Don Juan, Mar 12, 2021
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  6. Alec1935

    Alec1935 Active Member

    Part of Shorts factory and the slipway into the Medway 1946.

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    Alec1935, Mar 12, 2021
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  7. Alec1935

    Alec1935 Active Member

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  8. Alec1935

    Alec1935 Active Member

    Golden Fleece, one of three long range G-Class boats taken onto service with the RAF. Seen at Rochester after being fitted with three four gun Boulton Paul turrets.

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    Alec1935, Mar 12, 2021
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  9. redtop

    redtop Well-Known Member

    A couple more at Short Bros. on Medway

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    redtop, Mar 12, 2021
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  10. Ewen Scott

    Ewen Scott Well-Known Member

    Prototype Short Shetland at far right, one of two built. Short Seaford fourth from right. The rest appear to be Sunderlands.
     
    Ewen Scott, Mar 12, 2021
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  11. Alec1935

    Alec1935 Active Member

    Martin Mars

     
    Alec1935, Mar 31, 2021
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  12. Alec1935

    Alec1935 Active Member

    The impressive Convair Tradewind had it's career cut short by the unreliability of it's T40 turboprops.

     
    Alec1935, Mar 31, 2021
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