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EDowning
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courtesy of Mike Rawson...............

http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/UNITED%20STATES.htm

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Eric,
Thanks for the link. The Martin 162 model was known as the "Tadpole Clipper" and is in the possession of the Baltimore Museum of Science and Industry- it has been on display for some time now. It was built to test the hull configuration of the real model 162 which became the Martin PBM Mariner.

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Very cool site - that's the first time I've heard of the XP-83 having a nickname (Airarattler :? ). But they misidentified the short-lived Rolls-Royce Dart powered B-17 air tanker as the XB-38!

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A couple years or so ago, Chrysler ran full page ads in several magazines
with phantom cutaway drawings of the engine developed for the "XP-47H and claimed it was their first "Hemi" engine abiet inverted.
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EDowning wrote:
Interesting Link to JDK's kind of Planes

Hey! I resemble that remark!

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I'll take this one...

And for the weekend drag races:

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Holidays, hard to beat:

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I thought the Searanger always looked cool.

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Hey! I resemble that remark!



I'll take this one...

And for the weekend drag races:



Holidays, hard to beat:



I thought the Searanger always looked cool.



And all this time I figured you for a Horton Swoopy man!

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And all this time I figured you for a Horton Swoopy man!

That's just sooo wrong. Of course I refer to the ghastly colour scheme. The aircraft has potential. :shock:



Thinking about it, maybe 'midnite blue' with white detailing and polka dots? :lol:

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EDowning wrote:
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And all this time I figured you for a Horton Swoopy man!

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Are you guys making fun of that cute lil airplane? I think it's sort of sweet.

Hey, Eric? I like your new AV. Do I know her?

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Doh!... I've been catching up on email and haven't looked at much of the last two days. Haven't looked at todays board at all.
The Sea Ranger was a cool design. That was the only example and the crews of the 'Lone Ranger' flew it in the VP Navy until they wore it out. Boeing's designers intended for it to use R3350s' but they were all earmarked for the B-29 program. The R-2800's gave a good effort but just didn't have the oomph for that airframe.

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I would like to get me one of them thar Flapjacks, put 3350s on it and race it in the unlimited class at Reno.
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EDowning wrote:
I would like to get me one of them thar Flapjacks, put 3350s on it and race it in the unlimited class at Reno.


:shock: Let’s do it! New-Build production line of lets say: 4 to 5 Flapjacks!
All unique historical examples. I assume some would be static museum examples and some flyers, but one would have to be a highly modified racer!!!

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What's the story on that???




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I'm with Baldeagle on that picture.......what's the story with that??? I'm interested, as it would sure be easier to store at Austin Acres than a PBY! :-)

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I'm with Baldeagle on that picture.......what's the story with that??? I'm interested, as it would sure be easier to store at Austin Acres than a PBY! :-)

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It's the scale Martin Mariner, to test the concept. There was a vogue for scale-flying test aircraft in the 1930s and 40s.

Caption says: "MARTIN MODEL 162 (3/8TH SCALE MARINER)"

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