Most "B.A." Airplane - Part V - Seaplanes

ctab5060X

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As requested by WacoFan...

Initial entries from the Bad Ass Civilian Props thread include:


From Delta AVL, the Hughes H-4...

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From Polar742 the Boeing 314 Clipper...

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And lastly from WacoFan the Martin Mars...

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Ooo...Martin Mars, good choice.

I think the Beriev Be-103 deserves an honorable mention, but...

A multi-roll seaplane jet? Come on, you can't beat that. Beriev BE-200.
 

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I like a good goose
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The only FF aircraft from the ground up (CL-415)
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and military entry the PBY
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The Mars is a good entry, but I'm partial to Dorniers.

The Do-X:

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Or the Seastar, which gets bonus points for a B.A. tail number:

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How about the 1926 Schneider Cup winning Curtiss R3C-2 flown by Jimmy Doolittle!

PS - Jimmy Doolittle flew the Laird Super Solution pictured earlier, as well as the Gee Bee Ctab posted, as well as this machine. He won the Bendix Trophy (transcon - Burbank to Newark), the Thompson Trophy (closed course pylons) and the Schneider (closed course pylons with floats)...then he flew B-25's off a carrier and bombed Japan. Has ANYONE ever been as bad ass as Jimmy Doolittle? My bet is no - Yeager, Crossfield, and even Bob Hoover couldn't hold his jock.

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