Michigan Steel Boat Co. Flying Fish of 1911

[hesham]

From Putnam book,and flyingmachines site;

here is a strange flying boat called Flying Fish and designed by
Michigan Steel Boat Co. in 1911.

http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft30389.htm

 

[riggerrob]

It acts more like a "penguin" than a full-fledged flying boat. It would be great for teaching new pilots the basics of handling FB on water.

After WW2, the USSR built a bunch of high-speed, river-ferries with similar configuration: hydrofoils under the bow, but the transom, rudder and propellers still in the water.