Kawanishi H8K2 Emily

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2635

Vagabond wrote:

Guys - the "Emily" doesn't live on Tokyo anymore. It's been moved WAY South. Ironically, the hotel we are housed in for the gig is within walking distance of the Maritime museum where the "Emily" lived for a long time!! ARGHHHHH! I'd LOVE to see the "Emily" but I honestly don't know if I can afford to fly down on my day off. We'll see, but NO promises!

Cheers,
PH

The H8K2 Emily currently on display at the Kanoya Air Base Museum when under U.S. ownership.

https://www.japanhoppers.com/en/kyushu_ ... anko/2258/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawanishi_H8K

Whidbey Island, Dec. 1945

Pax River Sept. 1946 - Feb. 1947

sandiego89 · **Joined:** Mon May 21, 2012 12:28 pm **Posts:** 1199

Thanks for posting, great photos. Looks like they took her out for a joy ride!

Interesting how engine flip down work platforms were incorporated into the leading edge. Neat.

Arguably the best "boat" of the war....

quemerford · **Joined:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 4:19 pm **Posts:** 1596

sandiego89 wrote:

Arguably the best "boat" of the war....

Mmm. A bold claim. Depends how you define 'best' I guess.

Stephan Wilkinson · **Joined:** Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:23 am **Posts:** 699

It'd be interesting to be the tailgunner during those takeoff runs, just before the boat got up on plane...

dfboy · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:31 pm **Posts:** 6

The last 6 photos were taken during testing at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland in 1946. It made a couple of test flights but testing in the air was curtailed due to multiple engine failure. The hydrodynamic testing of the planing hull (on the water)went on and I've seen a report somewhere of the high praise the engineers had for the Emily's hull design due to the use of wave suppression strakes under the nose of the hull.

Darryl

JohnB · **Posted:** Sat Aug 31, 2019 8:55 pm

quemerford wrote:

sandiego89 wrote:

Arguably the best "boat" of the war....

Mmm. A bold claim. Depends how you define 'best' I guess.

I've read the same claim.
I think it was in reference to hydrodynamics or hull design, not operational success.

Alsi, IIRC, other flying boats had similar gold down maintenance platforms.

ErrolC · **Posted:** Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:44 am

JohnB wrote:

quemerford wrote:

sandiego89 wrote:

Arguably the best "boat" of the war....

Mmm. A bold claim. Depends how you define 'best' I guess.

I've read the same claim.
I think it was in reference to hydrodynamics or hull design, not operational success.

Alsi, IIRC, other flying boats had similar fold down maintenance platforms.

Certainly a feature of the large Short flying boats.

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