Here is a link to some video for all my old salty shipmates to enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDia5WJB4Eg
As impractical and expensive as this was going to be, still the ‘Thunderbirds’ kid in me thinks that this was a cool concept. Imagine, fleets of jetboats leaping into the air to battle the bad guys! The stuff of Saturday morning matinees!
The old SeaMaster was one of the most beautiful planes ever designed.
SO what if it couldn’t fly? Neither could the Spruce Goose, and we junked the B-58, another great piece of aviation work.
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