Why flying boats went extinct overnight - Saunders Roe Queen

WW2 was very instramental in terms of inventing mobile combat air force bases, all over the countries, which included inventing planes with wheels and the dirt to land them on... AND because this all sort of spread around the world in a very short time, it removed most of the need for sea planes and the exclusive ocean based landing sites they needed, when the technology of bulldozer, and gravel and asphalt and cement - and land based "runway in a day" became the norm.....

Yeah there are many fascinating designs for things along those lines.... BUT people start fighting with stick, then someone brings stones, so the other side makes spears, and then the other side makes arrows, then the other side makes armour, and then the other side creates cross bows.... and so on and so forth..... Have you seen this? Small RPG's that can punch through maybe a meter or more of armour plate? Episode 46. Grenade launchers. Combat vampires https://www.mgtow.tv/v/co1oMW ---- As stinumlating as some aspects of war actually are, some people create some amazing stuff, and some other people create some counter - amazing stuff. Some people invade an area, some people invent pits and traps and land mines... the other side invents mine detectors, and the mine makers start making them out of glass, plastic and wood..... and so on and so forth....