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-Another flying boat giant was the Saunders Roe Princess of the UK. -TEAL/Air New Zealand had the Coral Route a 3-and-a-half-day 5000-mile tropical luxury excursion on their Short Solent flying boats the Aparima and the Aranui from Aukland to Fiji, the Cook Islands, Tahiti, Samoa and Tonga with overnight stays with up to 45 passengers. The ne-plus-ultra of air travel from 1951 to 1960. (YouTube has videos about the service) -Rj
No.2 & 4 are like the Russia's EKRANOPLANE RUSSE LUNA CLASS which never flew but was just a hydro glider.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-effect_vehicle
Cool, looks like #4 down needs 8 AA batteries to fly.
ReplyDeleteIn infinate universes, all this exists. Think about that.
ReplyDeleteCheck out the Shorts Sunderland for a similar design RAF / Royal Navy operational aircraft, a majestic beast!
ReplyDeleteBobbert - That's very cool! I'll add it to this post. Thanks.
ReplyDelete-Another flying boat giant was the Saunders Roe Princess of the UK.
ReplyDelete-TEAL/Air New Zealand had the Coral Route a 3-and-a-half-day 5000-mile tropical luxury excursion on their Short Solent flying boats the Aparima and the Aranui from Aukland to Fiji, the Cook Islands, Tahiti, Samoa and Tonga with overnight stays with up to 45 passengers. The ne-plus-ultra of air travel from 1951 to 1960. (YouTube has videos about the service) -Rj
RJ - You really know your stuff!
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