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  • Flying Boats – Sea Planes? I love 'em
  • mcmoonter
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    On our hols, we saw a few of these in the air and saw one land in the distance but did realize just how big they were.

    Mind you this is the daddy

    Stoatsbrother
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    Been flown in a few (DH Beavers) in Canada and off the Barrier reef.

    Great landings and take-offs. Very strange being in a small boat in a bay waiting for a plane to pick you up and seeing a whale come up where it is about to land.

    druidh
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    No.

    THIS is the daddy..

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    AlasdairMc
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    Ecranoplan?

    I was staying in Loch Rannoch youth hostel and a Swiss couple arrived by seaplane. What a great way to see the country!

    Elfinsafety
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    Onion is win because better.

    epicyclo
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    Wasn’t there a satellite photo of the Ecranoplan?

    Kato
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    Beautiful

    Brother_Will
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    They have a catalina at Duxford, its in great condition http://www.catalina.org.uk/

    Tracker1972
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    An ekranoplan isn’t a plane though is it, it’s, well, an ekranoplan.
    Still bloody awesome 🙂

    swiss01
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    ekranoplan?

    mogrim
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    The real thing:

    (although the others are pretty cool, too.)

    ononeorange
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    Flew on one in Vancouver, stopping at the little bays around. Superb. Really weird watching the sea rushing up towards you when landing.

    Waderider
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    The Shorts Sunderland is the one for me.

    If I was Kermit Weeks with an inexhaustible supply of cash I’d convert the Sunderland into a flying caravan and doss about the world doing outdoorsy stuff.

    A flying boat service currently covers the West Coast of Scotland, I frequently see them flying about showing off.

    duir
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    If I could earn the same money as I am on now flying the DH Beaver Floatplane instead of pressing buttons at 37000ft then……..

    Proper flying.

    kiwijohn
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    Wasn’t there a satellite photo of the Ecranoplan?

    I posted a screenshot from google earth ages ago. Can’t remember how I found it, there’s 2 of them there on the Caspian sea.

    PeteG55
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    http://www.gearthhacks.com/downloads/country.php?country=50&sort=name
    That the one? Couple of ekranoplans on there.

    CountZero
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    I could really go for one of these:

    Grumman GR-21 Supergoose. Lovely.

    Kevevs
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    Ekranoplan FTW.

    Kuco
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    Wouldn’t mind one of these.

    kiwijohn
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    Macchi M.C.72, 440mph. Still the fastest piston engine flying boat after 77 years.

    ArcticBeast
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