Subdeacon Joe Posted May 10, 2024 Posted May 10, 2024 The Sea Skimmer, a strange U-boat-hunting seaplane from WWII. It was designed by an Austrian arms dealer as a highly maneuverable platform to chase down and circle U-boats, which it could attack with the depth charges seen on the landing floats. It had small stubs for wings so it couldn't leave the ground effect. Armament was a 20 mm Oerlikon cannon and a machine gun. Britain was not interested.
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted May 10, 2024 Posted May 10, 2024 That would be cool to have down at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. Lots of crazy boaters there.
Cypress Sun Posted May 10, 2024 Posted May 10, 2024 That doesn't hardly look safe sitting idle in a lake, let alone the English Channel or open ocean. I can see why Britain passed on it.
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted May 10, 2024 Posted May 10, 2024 the Soviets built the ultimate ground effect aircraft. They were enormous.
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