Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Gwjr2 on May 01, 2002, 10:20:48 PM
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Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
The one of a kind Plane Boat "Cosmic Muffin" was on display at River Walk in Fort Lauderdale 5/4-6/2001. This unique vessel is a late '30's Boeing 307 Stratoliner joined to a planing boat hull.
Once owned by Howard Hughes as one of the first executive planes, the Stratoliner was damaged in a 1964 hurricane ending it's flying days. A new owner trucked the plane body to Fort Lauderdale where he launched the Plane Boat in 1974. The fully restored and functional boat planed at over 20 knots and was controlled from the main cockpit using the original flight controls.
(http://www.captain-net.com/images/planeboatfront.jpg)
(http://www.captain-net.com/images/planeboat2.jpg)