Saro Lerwick: the Infernally Awful Polar Opposite of the American Catalina
12 Aug 2022, 19:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / To pile on to its bad points, the airframe was so gosh darn heavy that it couldn't sustain level flight if one of the engines failed
Convair Sea Dart: A Cold War Navy Fighter Prototype on Water Skis
11 Aug 2022, 19:06 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Only five Sea Dart prototypes were ever constructed. Of the four that made it to retirement in 1957, all were handed over to museums
Martin P6M SeaMaster: Half Flying Boat, Half Strategic Jet Bomber, 100 Percent Awesome
10 Aug 2022, 20:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Of the six P6M airframes constructed, none survive today. In doing so, the Navy more or less cast out flying boats as a viable weapon of war.
Before Gigantic Airports, Water Was an Airplane's Playground
6 Aug 2022, 05:57 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In 2022, it's almost unfathomable to believe that in the distance, takeoff and landing by water were by far the preferred method o flight.
You Can Forget About Mega Yachts, We Want This MC-130J Commando II on Water Skis
31 Mar 2022, 00:22 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There really isn't much the C-130 hasn't done. Except for floating on the water, that is. But that may very soon be about to change.