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Anyone give anythought of doing a Supermarine "Walrus" seaplane for FS2K2? I'm building a model of one and it's one butt ugly pusher prop biplane. A freind said these things were carried as the observation planes on British Battlewagons back in WW2 and I think it would be neat to be able to fly one in the sim.

Captain Cub

"I fly through the air and crash land in the trees....."

Hi Cub. The Walrus was actually an amphibian & used in many roles. A Walrus air/sea rescue unit was based at Shoreham, my local airport, during WWII. In one famous episode one landed close to the French coast to pick up a ditched B-17 crew. It was well overloaded so could not take off again & taxyed all the way back home. This took several hours. Yes, it was an ugly old bird & it's difficult to believe it came from the same company as the Spitfire.

The GC boys were working on a CFS2 version at one time but it's no longer mentioned on their site. http://www.groundcrewdesign.com/news.htm