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I was so sure I'd shared a photo of what was then a mysterious aircraft, but couldn't trace the topic despite my efforts. Our friend Tophe probably could have identified right away, since he mentions it in his Forked Ghosts and Catamarans du Ciel works, but he no longer visits this forum...

Not sure if this thread went in Naval Projects or Prewar. So I took a chance. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/17/uncle-sam-asked-to-build-floating-ocean-airports/ An idea ahead of it's time. Aircraft carriers were still a pretty new idea. Project Habbakuk was about 8 years away And...