Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Interesting idea

["Michael B. Holt" <mholt@richmond.edu>]

Captain Nemo wrote:
> 
> I think I know what you guys are talking about.  I had an old article about
> it around here somewhere.  Can't remember whether it's on a disk or on
> paper.  If I get a chance I'll look for it; if I find it I'll send it along.
> But it was an idea the Navy had for a flying submarine; I remember a drawing
> of something that looked like a stretched Lake Amphibian.  The idea was it
> could fly, land on water; then the flight-engine could be stowed watertight;
> the boat could flood ballast tanks, submerge, and operate like a sub.  Don't
> remember if the article was about a theoretical project or if they really
> had one working.  I'll try to see what I find.

It flew.  That's a good description of what I recall, dimly.

I'm looking, too.


Mike