Interesting. Apparently only certain versions. Even the drawing on the
wikipedia page doesn't reflect having them, and I hadn't spotted them in
the first couple of photos. Definitely a rare bird. I wonder if any still
exist.
On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 6:47 PM Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> There are two more smaller ones halfway to the tips of the horizontal
> stabiliser.
>
> >
> >Only a single vertical stabilizer on the Dolphin, though, Chris.
> >
> >On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 8:18 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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