Did some wind tunnel testing on the P6M in 1957 at U of Md in College Park MD.Don't remember much but I believe the other person with me was a MR. But this was with the FJ in close formation off the right wing as they flew in a bank not more than a 1000 ft above apparently as a 'salute' to the new officers. Crew of 4 Arrived at the Martin Company as a newly minted aero engineer and former fighter pilot. Click here for hints on using this site; for my "easy" photo use policy; and disclaimer. I was a kid on a pier on the Chesapeake Bay and saw a P6M fly over on a test flight. Probably more of a Barrier plane with lots of bouys in the water monitoring and call in a trapping aircraft, like the p5m or the s2 if they got something. I welcome your comments and further details on these aircraft. Flying Stories Russia has a similar plane on there site. At the start of the film you will see this incredible amphibian in the air on a test flight. As a youngster, I recall watching the huge and noisy seaplane head out the Severn River. Would you know the date? Nov 9, 1956 due to faulty elevator jack. Envisioned as a way to give the Navy a strategic nuclear force, the SeaMaster was eclipsed by the Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile. Ref the comment by Harvy Hop dated 27-4-2011 about seeing a Seamaster with an FJ-4 'in chase'. Martin photo P … Martin got a contract to build six pre-serial planes YP6M-1, and the flight testings resulted in an order for 24 serial planes P6M-2 SeaMaster with different turbojets. It is interesting to consider a landplane equivalent of the P6M as a purpose-built low-altitude strategic bomber. Thank you. � The cockpit glazing was The P6M-1 SeaMaster had a T-tail. The Martin P6M SeaMaster – What Might Have Been Big, fast, beautiful, and doomed. The Seamaster sat on its specially designed breaching vehicle, its tail 37 feet high, its cockpit about 16 feet above the ground. Do you recall if the SeaMaster took off from the Severn River in front of the Naval Academy? with the YP6M-1s, were scrapped at a later date. when the second SeaMaster aircraft. While working at The Glen L. Martin Company I recieved my first patent for an explosive anchor for the P6M beach craft (the P6M had do landing gear). Note the reflection! These proved useful when the second SeaMaster pitched up, went into a loop and disintegrated. Mr. Shettle,I am curious exactly where did you see the SeaMaster fly over. Adobe Reader Always thought the Seamaster was a Cool Aircraft! Having been snubbed at the end of WWII by the formation of the USAF which took over so much of the assets of both the Army and the Navy the USN looked for ways to re-establish it's authority in the airborne strategic field. Crashed near Odessa, Delaware A P6M-2 SeaMaster on the water at speed. Envisioned as a strategic nuclear weapon delivery system for the Navy, the SeaMaster was eclipsed by the Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile(SLBM). - Baugher U.S. Navy photo. (as used on Martin's licence-built By Robert F. Dorr - April 26, 2017. 4 x Pratt & Whitney J75-P-2 turbojets, 7938kg, 6 x 12.7mm machine-guns, 1800kg of weapons. Thanks.Capt Mike Dodd. Probably why it was cancelled, as it was too fast to do the dirty low altitude work. The Martin P6M SeaMaster, built by the Glenn L. Martin Company, was a 1950s strategic bomber flying boat for the United States Navy that almost entered service; production aircraft had been built and Navy crews were undergoing operational conversion, with a service entry about six months off, when the program was cancelled on August 21, 1959. I believe it was the same year, 1958 that I saw a similar flyby in June on graduation day at the US Naval Academy. The SeaMaster was to have a pressurized cockpit and crew of four, including pilot, copilot, navigator / radio operator, and flight engineer. - Video-2 I was in plane lover's heaven. near junction of St. Mary's River Dec 7, 1955. The Navy refurbished the old seaplane base at Harvey Point, N.C. for the P6M base. Quantity discounts. Proposals to build a … I used to work with one of the design engineers on the project, Maurie Scheider. Most are for sale, and the photo ID and price are shown. This had an all-metal hull of high length/beam ratio, mounting a cantilever high-set sharply-swept wing incorporating so much anhe-dral that the stabilising floats at the wirwg-tips could be attached permanently; the tail unit was of T-tail configuration with all-swept surfaces. Flew as a Flight test engineer on several P6M-2's with chief test pilot Bob Turner who was lost in a B-57 test flight a few years later. Successful flight testing led to an order for 24 production P6M-2 aircraft named SeaMaster, which differed primarily by having 7711kg thrust non-afterburning Pratt & Whitney J75-P-2 turbojet engines. - Video-1 Successful flight testing led to an order for 24 production P6M-2 aircraft named SeaMaster, which differed primarily by having 7711kg thrust non-afterburning Pratt & Whitney J75-P-2 turbojet engines. At any rate, to the day he died (12 /06 /96) he always wore his P6M tie-clasp whenever he wore a tie. - Video-3 Brilliant guy. The P6M Seamaster, a swept-wing seaplane powered with four jet engines and incorporating a new hull design, made its first flight on July 14, 1955. When I first joined the unit, there were guys who remembered one of the pilots (Gino C.) who died during test flights of this bird. speeds without the drag of My father, CDR. conventional bomb doors. permitted weapons release at high The SeaMaster leveraged off Martin's advanced XB-51 attack bomber design, with features such as an "all flying" tee tail and a rotating bombbay. Mike,I read your email with interest. Hi: everyone. History The SeaMaster was designed in response to a 1951 requirement set by the USN for a long-range seaplane capable of carrying a 30,000 lb payload. 4 killed. 138822 (c/n XP-2) first flight May 18, 1956. I have it somewhere in his effects. The angle of the exhausts loop and disintegrated. He & John Susi's return thru LA carrying two parachutes seeking a chances on a safe flight return to Baltimore. I, as a youngster, recall seeing a flight with great noise and spray track down the Severn. I do know that he was scheduled to fly on the mission that crashed on 12 /07 /55 but for some reason didn't make the flight (for some reason I think he was bumped to make room for someone else). Crashed into Potomac River The full-fledged production SeaMaster, the P6M-2, debuted in early 1959. At 5:00, the Seamaster's retrieval dolly is seen being positioned. I hoped to see something from AE-1 Gregory, he was assigned to Martin Baltimore when I arrived and I think he made a flight or 2 on the P6M. One day in 58 I heard a different sound and looked up to see the Seamaster with an FJ4 in chase. � The intakes were mounted Due to the politi… The Martin P6M SeaMaster was a bomber flying boat designed to be a part the the US Navy's post-war nuclear strike force. Contact me. modified on later models to Click on the links to see the photo. The production Martin P6M-2 Seamaster had four-man crew and a gross take-off weight of 160,000 lb (72,575 kg), the same as the Convair Tradewind. I'm still thinking of having a 6 or7-ft model built replicating that formation flight for a spot above my front door. * In the post-World War II period, the US Air Force built up the StrategicAir Command (SAC), a nuclear strike force of long-range bombers. give a much better overhead cn XP-1 and XP-2, with USN BuNo 138821 and 138822. � A beaching cradle allowed the � The P6M used a rotary bomb bay damage. exhausts caused stress on the rear Gross?? SeaMaster to taxi in and out of I was a "Navy Brat" living on NATC Pax 57-59. I remember George Rodney's first flight as he returned the undercarraige tail section being "wrinkled." US Navybrass realized that the strategic nuclear mission was now of overwhelmingimportance, all the more so because defense budgets were being cut, andwanted to build up a Navy own nuclear strike capability to keep from beingovershadowed by the Air Force / SAC. Mounted above the wing to minimize spray ingestion were four 13,000-pound thrust Allison J71 turbojet engines with afterburners. It may have been the summer of 1956 or 1957. There is still a large sea pen at Pax River to park the P6M. Above the wing, to minimise spray ingestion, were mounted four Allison turbojet engines, and pressurised accommodation was provided for a crew of five. Using four of these anchors the beach craft could be oriented into the wind making entry much easier. Rick's B57E flight to Arizona, decorated with White Wheels and a Fox Tail on the nose. It was beautiful. The number of aircraft was cut to a total of eleven (includuing the two ill fated prototypes)and with other projects taking priority like the USS Forestal aircraft carrier and the Polaris missile and the nuclear submarines which would fire them the US Navy had plenty of other projects to spend it's money on and so lost interest in the SSF. - My Links Page, My biased favorites! One was a supersonic fighter. - Wikipedia Not sure-too long ago.Great concept but just never worked out. Martin XP6M-1 Seamaster - Many thanks.Capt. There used to be a bunch of old Marin seaplanes down by the water. How were weapons loaded while the plane was sittig on the water??? xPriority Air Charter Unfortunately, it took so long to develop the P6M that. I used to fly out of Martin State Airport with the Air Guard. 05.1956. the second and subsequent Would they have been stable at 200kts in a 3000 yd pattern? These proved useful Since I had just spent several weeks flying the Navy’s smallest operational jet, the Douglas A4D Skyhawk, the 102–foot-wingspan Seamaster loomed monstrous by comparison. xAFM Hardware, Martin P6M-2 Seamaster, XP6M-1, YP6M-1 Aircraft Photos and Information. The Martin P6M SeaMaster, built by the Glenn L. Martin Company, was a 1950s strategic bomber flying boat for the US Navy that almost entered service; the program was cancelled on 21 August 1959. In the 1950s, the U. S. Navy saw itself being left out of all-important strategic bombing duties while the Air Force seemingly monopolized the mission with 2,000 long-range bombers ready to attack the Soviet Union.

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