Here is one more flying boat oddity from the U.S. Navy back in the mid-1950s. This is a Convair R3Y-2 Tradewind, which first flew in 1954.

It is seen here getting ready to load fully-equipped Marines during a loading test of the troop-carrying capacity of the aircraft. The only Navy flying boat ever equipped with turboprop engines, the R3Y could also beach itself, and offload troops and cargo on a beachhead. Needless to say, the idea did not take off.

Fly Navy,

Dave

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Photo: U.S. Navy via the National Museum of Naval Aviation.

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