Convair F2Y Sea Dart
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The Convair F2Y Sea Dart is an American seaplane fighter aircraft that rode on one or two hydro-skis during takeoff and landing. It flew only as a prototype, and never entered mass production. It is t
An F2Y Sea Dart with dual-ski configuration
The F2Y demonstrating its position in the water at rest
An XF2Y-1 in flight with skis deployed
An XF2Y-1 in flight over San Diego
Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
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The Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 was a prototype flying boat fighter aircraft designed and built by British seaplane manufacturer Saunders-Roe. It was the first jet-propelled water-based aircraft in the world.
Convair F2Y Sea Dart
…the hydroski. The Saunders-Roe company of the United Kingdom, which had already built an experimental flying boat jet fighter, first flying in 1947 the SR.A/1, tendered a design for a ski-equipped fighter, but little came of it. In the 1950s, the US Navy considered the internal arrangements of a submarine…
TG263 on the water
The Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
TG263 at Solent Sky in 2011
A Metropolitan-Vickers F.2/Beryl turbojet engine