I find it interesting that the first 2 in formation appear to be early models (PBM-1) with retractable wing floats and the trailing two are later variants with fixed floats. Yeah, I’m kinda an airplane geek.
Beazld, would it drag this comments box off into the briar patch if I asked you to explain what seems a retrograde design change? I mean: Why would non-retractable pontoons be seen as an improvement over retractables? Or was it a cost-saving measure, or blah blah blah? Thanks. --rats
I find it interesting that the first 2 in formation appear to be early models (PBM-1) with retractable wing floats and the trailing two are later variants with fixed floats. Yeah, I’m kinda an airplane geek.
ReplyDeleteIm surprised there were 1366 units built! I figured this flight was “most of them”.
ReplyDeleteBeazld, would it drag this comments box off into the briar patch if I asked you to explain what seems a retrograde design change? I mean: Why would non-retractable pontoons be seen as an improvement over retractables? Or was it a cost-saving measure, or blah blah blah? Thanks. --rats
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