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>>65049114

Good shit, op. If I were a billionaire I'd build my own experimental flying yacht based on a Catalina but larger and with modern systems, noise isolation and comfortable interior design.

Wish I lived near a place where I could volunteer to help maintain one of the remaining ones.

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You can't have a seaplane thread without the Blackburn Party Bus.

>>65049196
love PBYs one of the greatest airplanes of all time
One of the custom civilian upgrades post-WWII was replacing the R-1830s with Wright Twin Cyclone R-2600s for a Super Catalina

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While I have B open. Beriev is a good name.

>>65049241
these are awesome
I want one

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>>65049242

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>>65049284

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>>65049199
I love vintage twin engine civil aircraft so much.

Pic not related.

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>>65049322
It looks more fun that way up.

>>65049339
jet flying boats are the shit

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>>65049196
how bad would your OCD be?

the only reason why I care about the Ekranoplan is WiC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WopbvjBMa3A

>>65049372
Consolidated PBY Catalina was truly a war-winning aircraft

>>65049353
Lun survives, just. Have an Orlyonok on display.

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My dad told me I captioned this wrong. He says he can tell by the background that this is not the Philippines, it’s enroute somewhere. He guessed midway. Grandpa’s picture.

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>>65049383
Grr...

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>>65049420
Kawanishi you say...

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There are very few things Kawasaki Heavy Industries don't make.

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>>65049442

>>65049344
unfortunately this is true

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>>65049487
Is that a bad thing?

>>65049436
good, good

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>>65049504
No, jet engines absolutely love having large amounts of seawater passed through them. Some of them do look just perfect though.

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>>65049651
Ambi seaplanes are bestest because you never know when you might need to land in Denver.

>>65049504
Ejection seats on those, if they were fitted, would require cold survival suits and O2. Because if you have to eject in a thermal column, you'll climb to 60k feet.

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Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn! Ph'nglui mglw'nfah Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

>>65049984
What inspired B&V engineers? Cocaine? Qualudes? Barbituates?

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>>65050154

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>>65050154
>What inspired B&V engineers
Remember that Antarctic expedition?

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vgh, what could have been

>>65050277
>>65050482
ok please save the imagefiles itt for photographs
of actual airplanes

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>>65049114
This thing looks so cool

>>65050870
so many of the 1920s and 30s flying boat configurations, were

>>65049327
It looks like the in-flight refueling was a single-use process, as the haul line trailed by the receiving aircraft would be shed after refueling was complete...

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>>65049114

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>>65049114
and that's it for now
I need to get a nice one of a Walrus

>stupid name, "Supermarine Sealion" was right there and they didn't go for it

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>>65049114
alright here's one

I love photos of seaplane launches and recoveries

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>>65049114
alright last one I promise
I couldn't resist this shot with the beautiful bridge and pukka RN officer

>>65049274
what a grand crew

^^ very nice anon
yes ships/shipboard op photos are welcome itt

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>>65051965
>stupid name, "Supermarine Sealion" was right there and they didn't go for it
They'd already used it

>>65052564
Consolidated P2-Y? Predecessor of the Catalina PBY? Very Nice.

>>65050588
Any idea where this is or context? Just curious.

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>>65050573
>>65050582
Missed taking a pic of the Seiran itself, but you can still see most of it (including its dive brakes) here.

>>65052854
Dornier Do 24

>>65052890
Thank you!

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I like the bomb rack system on the short sunderland. After dropping all of them, the crew loaded up the racks again and it was ready for another bombing run

>>65052865
Aleutians late 1943
Fleet Air Wing 4
note the depth charges underwing

>>65052945
Wow! Thank you too! That’s a great picture.

>>65053119
PBYs did heavy duties in the Aleutians 1942-45, have a lot of pics on a different machine

>>65052924
>>65052931
>>65052581
Gorgeous

>>65052915
>Tradewind
more US aircraft should have been named after wind

>>65053833
Wait for the icecaps to melt, then we'll have flying boats again, and the C-1776 Blownoutyourass will sail the skies

>>65052912
>>65052915
what a contraption

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Flying Boats ??

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Thread theme music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD2PoRP_9uE&list=RDjD2PoRP_9uE&start_radio=1

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>>65049114
based dreamer thread op
what i would give to have flown in one of these machines

>>65054752
these are basically the Gulfstream G650s of the time

>>65054854
very nice

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>>65054857
Cheers

>>65054989
>>65055001
ok, can we save the image limit for photographs of flying boats / seaplanes / floatplanes?
start a vintage aviation thread if that's what you want

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>>65055007
is this ok fag

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>>65050573
>>65050582
Fighters with pontoons are not Boats
at least my shit was topic related

>>65055007
no pic to save limit
I could go through the thread and pick out the unrelated pics

not sure why all the wanna be jannies are in all the threads now

I posted everything from >>65054695 to >>65055065
Flying boat pics, schematics, interiors of the planes

how about you find someone else to police, jerk

>>65055089

ibf go away faggot etc.

>>65055020
>Fighters with pontoons are not Boats
but they certainly are
>>65049114
>floatplanes
faggot

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>>65055016
>>65055089
>>65055160
I am the OP,
that clearly specifies photographs of flying boats, floatplanes, seaplanes<--whatever you want to name them.

(also since this is /k/ Weapons, the photographs should be of military water-based aircraft, not civilian general aviation planes/ airliners)


Please don't *waste the 150-image limit* itt on random off-topic images. Thanks

>>65055524
ok boss you win
thread also full of commercial aircraft

>>65049199
blond in seat dubs checked

oh wait !!!!
it's some mil variant from BR-549
later

This is this thread's theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqA46bO4VDI

>>65055524
another day another faggot op

>>65056006
>>65056082
outstanding

>>65052924
Once the bombs were dropped, the crew could deploy the beds in the bomb bay.

>>65056368
USS New Mexico

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Suprised no one has posted the spruce goose yet

>>65057050
>>65057054
did China new-build these? or are they just new-engine retrofits

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>>65057063
Retrofits.

>>65057060
>>65057066
looking at the on-water pics, it's a beast

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>>65059511
dornier still makes them and my ultimate wet dream is to buy one, and use it as a camper to travel the world

>>65060809
yes this is one of the most desireable modern flying boats
aside from Beriev

>>65060820
I feel like the Beriev would be way too big for my goal, seastar is literally the size of a camping car so I guess I could land it everywhere
>if I had money
>if I had time
>if I knew how to fly

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>>65049114
I love the cat

>>65061229
one of the top ten most kino WWII aircraft

Can swimmerplanes take off from ice?

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>>65062496
Why not.
It better be smooth or you're going to have a bad time.

>>65062535
San Diego

>>65062817
Was just going to post this.
That building looks like what now houses SPAWAR (or whatever Navy is calling it this week).

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>>65049436

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>>65065611

>>65065129
Artemis II is splashing down in 90 minutes southwest of San Diego

>>65049158
I bet nowadays you could use modern materials to expand the cockpit a little more so it’s super roomy. Turn on the autopilot and catch some Zs

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The aircraft carried by Surcouf

>>65066060
always wanted a J2F
after seeing 'Murphy's War' as a kid

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Carried by the type B1 submarine

>>65066918
>>65049132
only warplane to bomb the United States mainland

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Smol Junkers on floats

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>>65049318

>>65071801
these were so kino
intended successor to the J2F

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>>65049984
weird thing is its oddly stable across all speeds

you sorta compensate, but its smooth and predicable, and no "hunting on axis".

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mini-wings/hydrofoils/WIG wings/anti-roll keels???

seems worth investigating. you go into hydrofoil mode first, to be able to get into water without waves slamming hull.

Then the little wings do some WIG, then they act as normal wings after climbing out of WIG.

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>>65049132
>>65068319
>>65066918
>only warplane to bomb the United States mainland

>>65072855
checked, we only have 18 images remaining
/k/ Weapons = military aircraft

>>65049390
Magical.

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>>65049390
>>65072920

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>>65049158

>>65049241
>Beriev A-40
appeared to be a jet-powered successor of the PBY Catalina maritime patrol bomber
the A-42 follow-on design with D-27 propfans was finally completed in 2006 (not sure if they continued development or sales of that)

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>>65079224
Being a crewman in a PBY or PBM in the mid/south Pacific would have been one of the best deployed job during WW2.

>>65079277
checked, golden age of naval aviation

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>>65049242

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ML-KNIL Do 24K in RAAF service.

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>>65079424
One of the most graceful aircraft ever built, up there with the Spitfire and Super Constellation.

>>65078648
That's San Diego in the background.
>building is the San Diego clerk's office
>fountain behind the clerk's office
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7214986,-117.169861,434m/data=!3m1!1e3

>>65079466
Are there any flat topped ships in the harbor?

>>65079466
Yes it's the old Consolidated Aircraft base of operations in SD, Coronado in flight over town just prior to U.S. entry into the war
Lindbergh Field, Consolidated's new headquarters under Reuben Fleet, is out of view to right of photo and North Island would be above out of view offshore.

>>65078771
interesting, is it me or is there a radar above the cockpit?
>imagine the brain cancer

>>65080281
PBMs and PB2Ys had that configuration as well