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.
ShinMaywa US-1. A very capable amphibian. It can take-off in a short distance and is designed to land in three meter waves. The US-2 has 6 bladed props, newer engines and is fly-by-wire. Al_in_Ottawa
Japanese S/R.
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ReplyDeleteShinMaywa US-1. A very capable amphibian. It can take-off in a short distance and is designed to land in three meter waves. The US-2 has 6 bladed props, newer engines and is fly-by-wire.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
3 meter waves? Oh boy, doesn't that sound like fun. At what point does it become a hard landing?
DeleteWhen it's submerged
DeleteI'd commute in that.
ReplyDeleteBoy howdy, would I ever.
Looks very capable
ReplyDeleteI thought it was the Jimmy Durante model.
ReplyDeleteThat nose?
ReplyDeleteThe better to use the surface search radar to spot ships and periscopes.