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Offline Des

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Wooden seaplane hull
« on: August 31, 2015, 10:58:45 AM »
Gunther sent these following photos of the hull of a wooden seaplane, he did not give a description of the craft, many thanks for the photos Gunther.
Maybe someone can add a name to this seaplane.

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Re: Wooden seaplane hull
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2015, 02:12:34 PM »
Very beautiful woodwork there. I'd love to see photos of the whole aircraft and know the name.

George

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Re: Wooden seaplane hull
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2015, 03:45:27 PM »
Hi George.

It looks to me like the Supermarine Southampton Mk 1 on display at the RAF Museum at Hendon. If you go to the excellent seawings.co.uk website and their walkaround galleries you'll find extensive photographic coverage.

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Re: Wooden seaplane hull
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2015, 05:10:20 PM »
Hi George.

It looks to me like the Supermarine Southampton Mk 1 on display at the RAF Museum at Hendon. If you go to the excellent seawings.co.uk website and their walkaround galleries you'll find extensive photographic coverage.

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Nigel

Thanks for the info, Nigel!

George

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Re: Wooden seaplane hull
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2015, 09:54:25 PM »
It is indeed the Southampton at Hendon. I have almost identical pics of it myself.

Ian

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Re: Wooden seaplane hull
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2015, 11:18:12 PM »
The construction is amazing. It's like apiece of fine furniture.

Look at the way the plywood has been steam bent and formed in the rear hatch photos.

Wow.

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Re: Wooden seaplane hull
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2015, 11:38:15 PM »
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Re: Wooden seaplane hull
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2015, 04:41:54 AM »
Those are lovely, clear photos. Having been there myself I know only too well what little light there is on this exhibit.

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Re: Wooden seaplane hull
« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2015, 08:43:07 AM »
Here is another picture of the Supermarine Southampton Mk.1, beautiful timber work,

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Re: Wooden seaplane hull
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2015, 09:04:00 PM »
Meine Herren !

With the gorgeous  Felixstowe model out now I thought it would be interesting to
photograph the woodwork of this hull - the first real wooden flying boat hull I saw in my lifetime.
... if I only hadn't forgot the type's name....

viele Grüße, Gunther

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