Comments on: AIR-SEA JETLINER (Nov, 1953) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/02/17/air-sea-jetliner/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:33:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/02/17/air-sea-jetliner/comment-page-1/#comment-1075863 Firebrand38 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:53:17 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7156#comment-1075863 Pete: Nonsense. The last test pilot was named B.J. Long and he didn't suffer a broken back from the Sea Dart. In an interview he gave to Air and Space magazine he said that it <em>just about</em> broke his back http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/The-Department-of-Never-Mind.html If you don't know don't guess. Pete: Nonsense. The last test pilot was named B.J. Long and he didn’t suffer a broken back from the Sea Dart. In an interview he gave to Air and Space magazine he said that it just about broke his back http://www.airspacemag.com/his.....-Mind.html
If you don’t know don’t guess.

]]> By: Pete http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/02/17/air-sea-jetliner/comment-page-1/#comment-1075862 Pete Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:23:13 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7156#comment-1075862 The last test pilot for the Sea Dart broke his back from the pounding the aircraft took when riding on the "Hydro-Skis". The last test pilot for the Sea Dart broke his back from the pounding the aircraft took when riding on the “Hydro-Skis”.

]]> By: Torgo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/02/17/air-sea-jetliner/comment-page-1/#comment-1065955 Torgo Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:25:17 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7156#comment-1065955 Sadly the golden age of the seaplane had sailed by this point. I've never seen a Sea Dart in the water before, it sits very low. Batman should have bought one. Sadly the golden age of the seaplane had sailed by this point.

I’ve never seen a Sea Dart in the water before, it sits very low. Batman should have bought one.

]]> By: JMyint http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/02/17/air-sea-jetliner/comment-page-1/#comment-1065898 JMyint Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:32:57 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7156#comment-1065898 The good old Sea Dart a solution looking for a problem. The good old Sea Dart a solution looking for a problem.

]]> By: Tom http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/02/17/air-sea-jetliner/comment-page-1/#comment-1065897 Tom Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:12:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7156#comment-1065897 I think I last saw the Sea Dart sitting outside the San Diego Aviation Museum in Balboa Park. I think I last saw the Sea Dart sitting outside the San Diego Aviation Museum in Balboa Park.

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