Supermarine Walrus je bil enomotorni amfibijski izvidniški dvokrilnik, ki so ga razvili pri britanskem Supermarine. Bil je prvo serijsko britansko letalo z uvlačljivim podvozjem, povsem zaprtim kokpitom in povsem kovinsko konstrukcijo. Zasnoval ga je inženir R. J. Mitchell v 1930ih.
Specifikacije(Supermarine Walrus)
Glej tudi Supermarine Seagull (1921) Supermarine Sea Otter Supermarine Seagull (1948) Aichi E10A Sikorsky S-39 J2F Duck Berijev MBR-2 Seznam vodnih in amfibijskih letala
Sklici
Bibliografija Cummins, Patrick J. "US Navy Anti-Submarine Operations, US Naval Air Station, Wexford, 1918" Aviation News, Volume 15, No 19, 6-29 Feb 1987
Brown, David. "Supermarine Walrus I & Seagull V Variants". Aircraft in Profile, Volume 11. Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Profile Publications Ltd., 1972. Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Five: Flying Boats. London: Macdonald & Co.(Publishers) Ltd., 1962 (5th Impression 1972). ISBN 0-356-01449-5.
Hall, Alan W. "Aircraft in Detail-The Supermarine Walrus". Scale Aircraft Modelling Magazine, Vol.8 No.7, April 1986. Kightly, James and Wallsgrove, Roger. Supermarine Walrus & Stranraer. Sandomierz, Poland/Redbourn, UK: Mushroom Model Publications, 2004. ISBN 83-917178-9-5. London, Peter. British Flying Boats. Stoud, UK: Sutton Publishers Ltd., 2003. ISBN 0-7509-2695-3. London, Peter. "From Seagull to 'Shagbat':The Life and Times of the Supermarine Walrus: Part One - Development and Production". Air Enthusiast, No. 74, March/April 1998. pp. 34–39. ISSN 0143-5450. Mitchell, Gordon. R. J. Mitchell - Schooldays to Spitfire. The History Press Ltd., 2006. ISBN 0-7524-3727-5 Nicholl, George William Robert. The Supermarine Walrus: The Story of a Unique Aircraft. London, G.T. Foulis & Company, 1966. Thetford, Owen. British Naval Aircraft Since 1912. London: Putnam, 1982 (5th ed.) ISBN 0 370 30021 1
Zunanje povezave
Flying the Superamrine Walrus by Flt Lt Nick Berryman A 2013 picture of the privately owned Walrus, G/RNLI. Fleet Air Arm Archive Video of catapult launching from land and from ship. Video showing detailed preparation and launch of Walrus from ship.
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