Stargazer2006's works: the Northrop C-125C « Sea Raider »
Thanks a lot, yasotay! It's nice to see the work appreciated, especially on a "real aircraft" website!
Here's something new.
When someone recently mentioned the Northrop C-125
Raider, I realized how much I like that forgotten transport and what potential it held for "whiffing" (what-if-ing).
And so, from that strict U.S. Air Force landplane I developed a seagoing floatplane for the U.S. Navy, the
C-125C Sea Raider. Here is a "photo" of the YC-125C prototype, and a three-view arrangement of the C-125C "production model" (allow me to repeat here that this is all imaginary work, no real aircraft variant!).
A few notes:
1°) The basic "Raider" logo is genuine Northrop.
2°) The floats on both the photo and the plan were adapted (stretched) from the Bellanca 77-320 floatplane bomber while the wing strengtheners were simplified (shortened, differently angled) from the same aircraft.
3°) The rounded underwing housings for the main triangular struts are pure invention, as is the serial number!
4°) during the early 1950s, the USAF and US Navy tried to get nearer a standardized system. To that effect, a few designations were non-standard, such as the T-28B Trojan, which in all logic ought to have been the T2J-1 before the Buckeye. However the scheme didn't catch up, and reserved USN designations such as C-138, C-139 and the likes were simply not used. So in all logic, the Sea Raider ought to have been an "R2T-1" but I thought it would be nice for it to be just a "C-125C".
