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See also, the seaplane-yacht: http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/424/language/fr-FR/Sweet-Dreams-and-Nig

See also, the seaplane-yacht: http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/424/language/fr-FR/Sweet-Dreams-and-Nightmares.aspx http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/art...

microcolonel 6y ago
> Part of the dream presented to the potential wealthy industrialists, who were the demographic for the sale of the Landseaire, was that a successful man could fly anywhere and still have a pretty girl prepare his meals for him or serve him drinks. While today this would be considered downright sexist, in 1950 it was considered the dream of every man. Idunno, still sounds like living the dream to me. I do wonder though, what the death/injury rates would be in this sector of general aviation, it seems extremely fraught.
- Hide-Republican 6y ago
  You cant say that out loud anymore. The world we built eh?
EamonnMR 6y ago
Great article, worthy of a post itself
satori99 6y ago
This reminds me of another interesting flying boat story; https://medium.com/s/story/the-long-way-round-the-plane-that-accidentally-circumnavigated-the-world-c04ca734c6bb https://medium.com/s/story/the-long-way-round-the-plane-that...
- coverband 6y ago
  Another great story, thanks for sharing!
FabHK 6y ago
Wow, what an awesome insane story. Reminds me of when I did a pleasure flight with a US missionary in a Cessna 150 in Nicaragua, and when I wandered into Managua airport afterwards I was hauled in by police and questioned, apparently thought to be a drug smuggler or so, until the good missionary showed up again (having parked the plane) and cleared everything up. (Not nearly as glamorous and dramatic as the attack on that Catalina Landaeaire of the coast of Saudi Arabia, though.)
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  I wondered why Jamaica had snowplow poles on the side of the road, and was told they're to keep smugglers' Cessnas away.

microcolonel 6y ago

> Part of the dream presented to the potential wealthy industrialists, who were the demographic for the sale of the Landseaire, was that a successful man could fly anywhere and still have a pretty girl prepare his meals for him or serve him drinks. While today this would be considered downright sexist, in 1950 it was considered the dream of every man. Idunno, still sounds like living the dream to me. I do wonder though, what the death/injury rates would be in this sector of general aviation, it seems extremely fraught.

Hide-Republican 6y ago
You cant say that out loud anymore. The world we built eh?

EamonnMR 6y ago

Great article, worthy of a post itself

satori99 6y ago

This reminds me of another interesting flying boat story; https://medium.com/s/story/the-long-way-round-the-plane-that-accidentally-circumnavigated-the-world-c04ca734c6bb https://medium.com/s/story/the-long-way-round-the-plane-that...

coverband 6y ago
Another great story, thanks for sharing!

FabHK 6y ago

Wow, what an awesome insane story. Reminds me of when I did a pleasure flight with a US missionary in a Cessna 150 in Nicaragua, and when I wandered into Managua airport afterwards I was hauled in by police and questioned, apparently thought to be a drug smuggler or so, until the good missionary showed up again (having parked the plane) and cleared everything up. (Not nearly as glamorous and dramatic as the attack on that Catalina Landaeaire of the coast of Saudi Arabia, though.)

082349872349872 6y ago
I wondered why Jamaica had snowplow poles on the side of the road, and was told they're to keep smugglers' Cessnas away.