According to one source, FBA was a joint Franco/Brit company? It was a dumpy looking job but prettier than our dear old Walrus!
I bet if you ask any airman who had a dunk in the Channel and was picked up by seaplane what the world's prettiest aircraft was, he'd answer "Walrus"!
_________________________ In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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Originally Posted By: semmern
Originally Posted By: Old Dux
According to one source, FBA was a joint Franco/Brit company? It was a dumpy looking job but prettier than our dear old Walrus!
I bet if you ask any airman who had a dunk in the Channel and was picked up by seaplane what the world's prettiest aircraft was, he'd answer "Walrus"!
I'm sure that's true! Some of our chaps were even picked up by the He59; a welcome alternative to drifting out into the Atlantic and disappearing forever. Also, our Sea Otter. Similar to the Walrus but with a tractor prop.
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_________________________ In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
Digg deeper in the obscure FBA files, it should be in there.
Indeed! It's a bit unclear which it is exactly, since one search on F-ALIM gives a 290, another the 293.
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