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Posted on 03/28/2014 6:54:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Doesn’t sound like the aircraft being used in these long range searches are seaplanes and have the capability to land on water. If they were we would know “where’s the beef?”.
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P6M Seamaster. Awesome.
The Japanese have those big four engined US/PS turboprops that look like P5M Marlins on steroids.
Yesterday, in response to the growing evidence that Flight 370 crashed into the Indian Ocean, McInerney had the idiocy to claim that a Muslim pilot would not pilot a plane in such a manner putting hundreds of passengers to their deaths.
Ever hear of a little event called 9-11, General?
Methinks he is trying a bit to hard to hang onto his pet theory.
Look how nice and smooth the water is in that image. Now imagine trying to land on seas with 30 foot swells. Ain’t happening.
Don’t know if one of those could successfully land then take of in the roaring 40’s of the Indian Ocean.
From the visual descriptions all this debris sounds like a whole lotta garbage, how many passenger planes carry orange rope on them?
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Looks very similar to my senior year design project (in 1993). A WIG - wing-in-ground effect aircraft. Double the range or double the payload in ground effect.
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Navy dropped the “Skate”. In these circumstances a 4 engine prop jet or even recip engine driven though slower would do the job. It’s my belief there is a market for these types of aircraft even for a military application . If used by countries like Tawian, the Phillipines,India,etc would offer some naval flexability. I think Japan does have some. They really came in handy during WWII saved a lot of lives and were used besides transport in both defensive and offensive operations.
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