Date Posted: 2006-08-22 20:10:18.
Subject: What is the name of this airplane
Name: cvyeoh
Message: Buffman54, to my knowledge there was at least one jet seaplane built by Convair , called the F2Y 'Sea Dart' that didn't have a problem with water ingestion. However, a few teething problems & factors led to its demise.
1. The ski configuration vibrated at high speeds when retracted, causing excessive drag and caused the aircraft to never achieve its planned top speed of Mach 1.5, only getting to Mach 0.98.
2. The addition of supercarriers meant that seaplanes were no longer needed.

Date Posted: 2006-08-18 22:39:07.
Subject: What is the name of this airplane
Name: cvyeoh
Message: Sorry. Actually it's a SA-16 Albatross built by Grumman

Date Posted: 2006-08-18 22:36:48.
Subject: What is the name of this airplane
Name: cvyeoh
Message: It's most probably a Grumman Albatross.

Date Posted: 2006-08-12 12:19:32.
Subject: Sucessor/replacement for the B-52
Name: cvyeoh
Message: What bomber will totally replace the B-52? The B-1B Lancer was supposed to but was instead used to supplement the B-52s. Same with the B-2 Spirit.