[Closed] Seaplanes!

Those Russian things are terrifying.

It's the Catalina for me, a lovely looking aircraft.

Here's one taking off then landing on Lake Geneva:

Since when was a hovercraft or an ekranoplan a seaplane?

Spent today at Duxford today. They've got a Catalina in USAAF colours (which i gather still flies) as well as the amazing Sunderland!

Indeed the Cat at Duxford does fly, I volunteer with the team that operate it and get to fly on it regularly.
I like. A lot.
It's the same aircraft as the one as the in the You Tube above flying of Lake Geneva.

Any ideas why it's painted in American colours? I gather it's an ex-RAF frame...?

@Gary_C A Hovercraft crossing was always referred to as a flight and it was across water.

Therefore a Hovercraft is a seaplane. IMHO of course.

I always liked the Martin Seamaster.
Developed to use the sea if the Russians destroyed all the airfields but never really went it to service due to rapid development of ICBMs.

@Duffer, actually it's an ex-Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft. It's painted in the colours of a famous USAF example, 433915, 'Miss Pick Up' which operated out of Halesworth in Suffolk during the war.

There's chapter and verse here, if you fancy a read :

http://www.catalina.org.uk/history-of-44-33915/

Cheers !

My Grandfather flew a Walrus for the Fleet Air Arm during the war. Lovely quote from Wikipedia:
[i]"The Walrus was affectionately known as the "Shagbat" or sometimes "Steam-pigeon"; the latter name coming from the steam produced by water striking the hot Pegasus engine."[/i]
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Not the most exciting example. But this plane had just dropped us off in the middle of know where in New Zealnd

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@Gary_C A Hovercraft crossing was always referred to as a flight and it was across water.
Therefore a Hovercraft is a seaplane. IMHO of course.

But it 'takes off' & lands on hard standing so it isn't a seaplane IMHO 😉

BBC i player currently has 'first of the few' about RJ Mitchell which has some nice contemporary footage of the Supermarines.

But it 'takes off' & lands on hard standing so it isn't a seaplane IMHO

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Kermit Weeks flying his Grumman Duck pt1 🙂