Saturday, January 18, 2020

Saunders Roe seaplane fighter prototype. It was designed for the proposed invasion of Japan but did not go into production.


Designed to maximize the chance of sucking multiple seagulls into the engine.


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  1. They were also converting C-47s to gliders.

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  2. Seagulls are just flying rats (a lot like pigeons) and deserve to have their numbers thinned.

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    1. from the perspective of a survivor sitting in a one man life raft faced with a gaggle of gulls with their razor sharp beaks just waiting for you to fall asleep, I agree completely

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  3. Fighter? It looks about as maneuverable as a slug.

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    1. According to the RAF's Eric "Winkle" Brown that was a sweet flying plane. He damn near got killed in it when he hit a submerged log.

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  4. Happily, we dropped the BOMB. Sucked to be them.

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