Quiz- All Wet...

[lnuss]

What was the world's fastest flying boat? What land-based aircraft did it resemble? What manufacturer(s) built these aircraft?

Hint-- it's faster than you may think. Remember, a flying boat means that the hull of the aircraft actually sits in the water, unlike a float plane.

[Jeff S KDTW]

What was the world's fastest flying boat?
SR-A1

What land-based aircraft did it resemble?

Grumman Goose (loosely resembles)

What manufacturer(s) built these aircraft?

Saunders-Roe (SARO)

[lnuss]

Sorry Jeff- there is one yet faster (maybe two), though that was a good try.

[ntaconi]

Maybe the Martin P6M-2 Seamaster? Nearly a Mach 1 aircraft if I remember...

http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...c666559bba.jpg


Ned

[drobson]

You'd sure have a hard time trolling with that! ;)

Darrell

[ntaconi]

Heh. Not if you are trolling for this!

http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...ba68d06e66.jpg

Ned

[ntaconi]

How about the Convair Sea Dart? That did reach Mach 1:

http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...726b172857.jpg

Kinda resembles what our current president flew in the Texas ANG, the F-102.

Ned

[jwenting]

Mach .92 in testing.
8 production models were actually ordered for the Atlantic fleet, of which 6 were delivered.
They never entered service though and the aircraft were later scrapped at Pax River.

[lnuss]

The Sea Dart is it. It actually went past mach 1 in a shallow dive. The Martin Seamaster was next with a speed a bit over 600 mph (0.9 mach). The Saunders-Roe SR-A1 was a bit over 500 mph.

And you got one of the two aircraft it resembled, Ned, the Convair F-102.

[ntaconi]

Ok so now I've got to figure out what the Seamaster resembles. Hmmm... I'm thinking British... I'm thinking British maritime patrol here.

Oops I just reread your reply. So the Sea Dart resembles another aircraft. Hmmm... If I just look at the nose and block the rest of it off, it sure looks a heck of a lot like the X-15:

http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...4667720bac.jpg

(Gotta luv that Dryden site).

Ned