Rare British WWI "seaplane lighter" found ...

[Russ Matthews]

... on the River Thames and now under restoration for the Fleet Air Arm Museum.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/somerset/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9406000/9406574.stm

[Matt Rimmer]

Thanks for posting the link Russ,sounds like an interesting project!.

Matt.

[Russ Matthews]

Oooops .. looks like this was old news!  Just found a link on another online forum which shows this unique aviation artifact was discovered and moved to the FAA museum back in 1996!

http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/ships_register.php?action=ship&id=712

[Mark Petersen]

Interesting history Russ.  Thanks for posting.  Who would have thought that the roots of naval aviation would go back to "lighter's" such as this.