the Hughes HK-1 twin-hull flying boat concept - the forerunner of the H-4 Hercules
October 09, 2009, 6:17pm
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“Two engineers are dwarfed by the four right wing engines of millionaire Howard Hughes’ mammoth plywood flying boat as the 200-ton craft is readied for taxi tests in the Los Angeles Harbor on November 1st, 1947”
October 09, 2009, 3:24pm
The Hughes H-4 Hercules fuselage, 1945
The “Sproose Goose” is the largest flying boat ever built, and has the largest wingspan and height of any aircraft in history. It survives in good condition at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, USA
October 07, 2009, 11:34pm
“7th August 1930: The model seaplane belonging to Mr Porter of Surrey being driven to the nearby lake, Virginia Waters strapped to the roof of a Rolls Royce.”
September 18, 2009, 8:55am
the Kaman K-16B, 1962, a tilt-wing VTOL testbed incorperating the fuselage of a Grumman Goose
September 09, 2009, 2:48pm
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-46, circa 1936
“This float-plane bomber intended for the French Navy was flown for the first time in May 1936..
However, a major mishap took place at l’Etang de Vaine, near Marseille in 1938, and the aircraft was severely damaged. Costly time-consuming repairs and a change of priorities and policies led to the abandonment of this naval bomber.”
July 28, 2009, 1:34am
“Burgess-Dunne AH-7 seaplane. Flying just over the water off Pensacola, Florida, in March 1916. USS Columbia (Cruiser # 12) is anchored in the right background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph “
July 09, 2009, 10:54am
January 18, 1922. The “Naval Curtiss bombing plane” at Anacostia Naval Air Station. Fort McNair National War College is visible on the other side of the river.
July 09, 2009, 8:19am
