Lincoln Memorial, 1923

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 02/16/2016 at 16:30 • Filed to: planelopnik

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A floatplane (Boeing Model 15?) takes off from the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The buildings to the right are the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , built in 1918 to provide temporary quarters for the US Military and were used throughout WWII. The buildings were torn down in 1970, and the reclaimed land is now the site of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

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Chris Clarke > ttyymmnn 02/16/2016 at 16:31

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So cool.

ttyymmnn > Chris Clarke 02/16/2016 at 16:34

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My thoughts exactly. Any idea what type of plane that is? The LOC doesn’t give any information.

Chris Clarke > ttyymmnn 02/16/2016 at 16:36

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My first guess is a JN-4 on floats. Googling now.

Jcarr > ttyymmnn 02/16/2016 at 16:47

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Boeing PW-9?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 02/16/2016 at 16:48

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Probably. My first guess was something Curtiss, but Curtiss only *really* got their foot in the door that year, and most Curtiss floatplanes have equal span wings.

Jcarr > Chris Clarke 02/16/2016 at 16:48

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Wing struts don’t look like JN-4 to me:

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 02/16/2016 at 16:53

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Stumbled across some interesting pictures trying to ID the seaplane. I wonder if the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings played a role at all in the Bonus Army incident in ‘32 - given that that was on the Mall.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/16/2016 at 16:59

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No idea, but it would be worth checking it out. Thanks for the link. I know what I’ll be doing tonight. I love old photos like these.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 02/16/2016 at 17:03

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That’s as good a guess as any. Boeing made a Naval variant, the FB, three of which were designated FB-3 and fitted with floats. I think you might be right on.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 02/16/2016 at 17:05

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Boeing FB-3

Jcarr > ttyymmnn 02/16/2016 at 17:05

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If you look closely, that notch at the top of the vertical stabilizer seems to match.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 02/16/2016 at 17:13

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The twin-hull Italian seaplane is just one of the many interesting things in that stash:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoia-Ma…

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/16/2016 at 17:22

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Reminds me of this crazy concept.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 02/16/2016 at 17:31

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Oppositelock: The forum where anything, anything gets identified.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/16/2016 at 17:37

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I know. Ain’t it awesome?

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 02/17/2016 at 09:21

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I decided to check out the reflecting pool on Google Earth to see how long it is. Interestingly enough the imagery is from when the pool was emptied for maintenance work. In other news the Boeing FB-3* needs less than 2000 feet to operate.

* As previously identified in other posts.

ttyymmnn > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/17/2016 at 09:29

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Yesterday, RamblinRover made this comment:

Oppositelock: The forum where anything, anything gets identified.

And now we’ve got a guy doing satellite measurements of the Reflecting Pool, complete with illustrations and aeronautic analysis. This place just keeps getting better.

Now, to your point, I imagine the FB-3 would need substantially less than 2,000 feet to get airborne. And with the Navy building right there, I wonder if such landings were actually a common occurrance.