The Convair R3Y Tradewind was an American 1950s turboprop -powered flying boat designed and built by Convair. The Convair XP5Y-1 prototype in 1950. It first flew on 18 April 1950 at San Diego and crashed in 1953.

2019年4月8日 · The R3Y was designed to carry 100 passengers, 24 tons of cargo, or 92 stretchers with a 2,000 mile range. With 24 tons of cargo capacity, the R3Y-2 could carry four 155-mm towed howitzers or six jeeps or three 6x6 2Vi-ton trucks.

2023年10月18日 · In the wake of World War II, the U.S. Navy recognized the necessity for a long-range maritime patrol aircraft capable of conducting extended missions across vast expanses of ocean. The transport and cargo version of the aircraft was designated the R3Y-1 Tradewind and made its first flight on February 25, 1954.

The fuel tanker model was also called the R3Y. It was this model which went into the history books in 1954 when it set a transcontinental seaplane speed record of 403 miles per hour utilizing the jetstream.

2017年3月4日 · One of six R3Y-2s configured as an amphibious assault transport. The nine R3Ys were the only type of turboprop-powered flying boats to ever reach operational service with the Navy. The Convair R3Y Tradewind was an American 1950s turboprop-powered flying boat designed and built by Convair.

The next five were built as R3Y-1 aircraft, intended for troop transport and inflight refuelling tanker service. The final six were built as the R3Y-2 variant with a lifting nose and high cockpit for heavier transport and landing-ship duties. The aircraft were …

The Convair R3Y Tradewind was an American 1950s turboprop-powered flying boat designed and built by Convair. Convair received a request from the United States Navy in 1945 for the design of a large flying boat using new technology developed during …

On 04 October 1954 recruits of Platoon 348 landed on Coronado Beach, California from the Convair R3Y-2 (Flying LST) marking the first time the huge flying boat was used for beaching troops and ...

The next five were built as R3Y-1 aircraft, intended for troop transport and inflight refuelling tanker service. The final six were built as the R3Y-2 variant with a lifting nose and high cockpit (similar in concept to the C-5 Galaxy's nose and cockpit) for heavier transport and landing-ship duties.

The R3Y set a transcontinental seaplane record of 403 mph in 1954 by utilizing the speed of high-altitude jetstream winds. This record still stands. After service trials the aircraft were delivered to US Navy transport squadron VR-2 on 31 March 1956.