Very cool.

floatplanes... I'm practicing planes too, specially the 30´s era ;)
good design ;)

I'm looking forward to seeing your 30s airplanes!

If you like the seaplane design here, it is a real aircraft from France, and they did use it to fly trans-Atlantic airmail to Brazil.

There were several early flights to Brazil with another (strange-looking) aircraft called the Savoia-Marchetti S 55. Brazil pilots and sabotage (!) by one Italian crew member. There are Brazil websites about the flights.

"If the seaplane's rockin', don't come knockin'..."

Ah, yes. That would be especially true with seaplanes, with all the circles of waves going out from the floats....

Indeed. 'Course, Edy might be a bit miffed 'cos she wasn't invited...

(BTW, I like the coloring here. Edy's even cuter in color!)

Yeah, thanks. She's becoming a little bit cuter than I expected. Have to have her talking and acting more, to give you the idea that she would be difficult to hang out with.

A pic of her sitting at a bar, sort of radiating "Keep Away!" signals, perhaps?

Mmmm. Yes. Corner table, with the other chairs moved away. And she would also dress down & scruffy -- maybe even wearing her fatigue uniform.

An interesting challenge. She does have the ability to be polite and mild as part of her work with the public (for as long as 15 minutes at a time!). But closer in, she manages through tongue-lashing.

Sounds good to me...

True French aircraft story. As you know, St. Exupery was an Air France pilot on the African and South American run in the 1920's. He was very experienced at life and death.decisions. When in the states during the war, he was landing at some airport in the northeast, with three passengers in the plane. The fog had socked in the field, and he somehow got on the left hand side of the runway. He was about to touch down when right in front of him appeared a twelve foot tall, six ton searchlight. No time to pull up, no time to go around. One of the passengers later said they knew what eminent death was at that moment. St. Exupery slams the yoke forward and bounces the plane over the searchlight. He told his passengers that that was common practice among the bush pilots.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/w.....ered.html?_r=0 This guy was something else.