Wow! That is one fantastic and fascinating aircraft. My first thought was, DID THAT THING ACTUALLY EVER FLY? It would have required a lot of power to move it through the water, much less reach flying speed and actually lift off.

In my youth I built and flew many model aircraft and I think that would be a great one to build an RC model of. I wonder how much remains of the details of construction. The previous post says it had eight engines but even that is hard to see in the photos posted. I see perhaps four nacelles but they do not appear to have pusher props in the rear. Was each prop powered by two engines in tandem?

OMG, here comes another item for my bucket list. And not an easy one either.