{"id":3234,"date":"2010-10-18T11:29:34","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T15:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2010-10-18T11:29:34","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T15:29:34","slug":"atomic-seaplane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/3234","title":{"rendered":"Atomic seaplane"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can credit Charlie Stross<\/a> and Pluvialis<\/a> for my interest in the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion<\/a> program. My interest in seaplanes has been with me as long as I can remember – it may have started with seeing floatplanes at my grandparent’s cottage on Trout Lake (outside of North Bay, Ontario).<\/p>\n

The two things came together in 1950’s San Diego at the offices of Convair.<\/p>\n

Track one – a tornado damaged B-36 (six turning, four burning)<\/p>\n

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is rebuilt as the NB-36H Crusader.<\/p>\n

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The cockpit was well shielded (I hope).<\/p>\n

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Track two started with some design work on Betta 1 and Betta 2 (1950)<\/p>\n

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which led to the F2-Y Sea Dart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Put them together and you get the Model 23B Atomic Seaplane:<\/p>\n

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Scan from Convair Advanced Designs: Secret Projects from San Diego, 1923-1962<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

As they say – what could go wrong?<\/p>\n

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