Topic: Rare British WWI "seaplane lighter" found ... (Read 9196 times)

Russ Matthews · « **on:** February 27, 2011, 01:35:33 AM »

Matt Rimmer · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2011, 08:37:48 AM »

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

Matt.

Russ Matthews · « **Reply #2 on:** March 02, 2011, 12:41:33 PM »

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 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 30, 2011, 03:44:21 PM »

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.


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