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Old September 30th 07, 01:22 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
Rob Arndt[_2_]
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Default Seaplane Resurgence?

On Sep 29, 5:02?pm, wrote:
In addition to the C-130 Seaplane project:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...plckController...

It looks like other seaplane ideas are being studied as well:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...plckController...

http://cisd.dt.navy.mil/div/cisd/fil...anes%20wo%20an...

Japan and the (Former) USSR never really gave up on seaplanes, but
will they now make a comeback in the US?


No- we have plenty of a/c carriers which Japan and the FSU/Russia
lack...

Rob

p.s. What happened to the Pelican???