And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Cool, I like the handle built into the lower wingtip. How does the pilot get in when it's tied to the dock and how do you avoid damaging the lower wingtip on the dock? Al_in_Ottawa
I think they had two groundcrew in the water at the wing tips, they walked the plane onto a wheeled dolly and then it was towed up the ramp. Pilot gets out on dry ground.
Landing in a swell on a landing mat behind the ship. I've oft been impressed to see that. Not always do they turn into the wind to recover their seaplane. The pilot and observer stay aboard during winching onto the deck.
Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nnam/explore/collections/aircraft/n/n3n--yellow-peril---floatplane-.html (I cheated; I read the rudder.)
Cool, I like the handle built into the lower wingtip. How does the pilot get in when it's tied to the dock and how do you avoid damaging the lower wingtip on the dock?
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I think they had two groundcrew in the water at the wing tips, they walked the plane onto a wheeled dolly and then it was towed up the ramp. Pilot gets out on dry ground.
ReplyDeleteI think the black panels on floats and lower wing are "walk here" markings. Entry not designed for the clumsy when its up against a dock.
Deleteizzat a rudder on the end of the pontoon?
ReplyDeleteYes, that is the water rudder
DeleteWonder if Pete Jones crew had a hand in that.
ReplyDeleteLanding in a swell on a landing mat behind the ship. I've oft been impressed to see that. Not always do they turn into the wind to recover their seaplane. The pilot and observer stay aboard during winching onto the deck.
ReplyDeleteID the plane?
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory_N3N
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Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
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(I cheated; I read the rudder.)
Here's another great photo:
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