The wiki readings on LTA crashes were really enlightening. Never knew they
had so many problems.
Thanks. Chris.
On May 15, 2016 10:18 AM, "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> No, the 314 had four engines and was larger than the Sikorsky. THis
was a small 2-engined aircraft. After pouring over a Wikipedia page
listing all amphibious aircraft ever made, I found that it was a Douglas
Dolphin:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Dolphin
>
> Now that is one very rare sighting.
>
> >
> >Based on timeframe and the three vertical stabilizers, I'd guess the
Boeing
> >314 Clipper.
> >On May 14, 2016 14:13, "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On weekends here one of the broadcast movie channels will show
> >> entertaining movies from as far back as the 1930s, a series known as
> >> "Popcorn Movies". Today they started with "Robinson Crusoe on Mars",
which
> >> is always worth watching. But then they followed it with an obscure
one,
> >> "Robinson Crusoe of Mystery Island", which was released in 1936. I
almost
> >> didn't watch this until I saw footage of the airship USS Macon (ZRS-5)
> >> being towed out of the hangar at Moffett Field:
> >>
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Macon_%28ZRS-5%29
> >>
> >> Minutes later there is in-flight and landing film footage of a
> >> Sikorsky S-42 Flying Boat:
> >>
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-42
> >>
> >> and shortly afterwards there is footage of a twin-engined flying boat
that
> >> I cannot readily identify. It has the lines of a Grumman design, and
it
> >> has three vertical stabilisers.
> >>
> >> The movie itself is a bit corny, but seeing these and possibly
other
> >> aircraft makes it worth watching.
> >>
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> >> - Hunter S. Thompson
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>
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