Staredge
One of the Regulars
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Isn't the internet great???lol
Lolz. Superclipper. Those 6 dinky engines sure wouldn't get one off the water.Diamondback said:Maybe a model... the Bel Geddes/Kuhler design was just too big, expensive and impractical for anyone to buy in, IIRC, kinda like the more recent Boeing "Super Clipper" concept using 747 fuselages as floats.
lolFletch said:I like 'em big, ugly, and prone to spectacular crashes.
Fletch said:I like 'em big, ugly, and prone to spectacular crashes.
The 777 powered by two 115bs has a MTOW of 775,000 #Diamondback said:"Dinky"? For all you know, they might be monster GE90-115Bs (777 engines), at 115,000 pounds thrust each--besides, runway length isn't a consideration when you got the ocean for your airstrip!
Or maybe they talked to the same GE tech-rep who I was discussing even more powerful GE90s (125,000 and up rated-thrust) for my "Super Stratofortress" concept...
As I see it, the hardest parts would be getting moving to begin with, and then getting out of ground-effect, but I think it could do it--777 is slightly overpowered by airliner standards IIRC...
31 after the English won it 3 consecutive times, and as thus, outright.Fletch said:WAG: seaplane speed records didn't impress people as much or didn't get the press coverage. Also: Didn't they stop running the Schneider race fairly early in the 30s?
newsboy said:And where is the love for the P-39. Not the greatest aircraft, but a beauty none the less.