Originally Posted by
Hydro Junkie
How about a Kingfisher? I've seen pictures with both floats AND LANDING LANDING GEAR
Not the Kingfisher, Hydro Junkie; but there's nothing wrong with your thought process. Keep trying. And here's a few more clues to encourage your efforts. Thanks; Ernie P.
What aircraft do I describe?
Clues:
1. It was designed as a fighter. That is significant to the story.
2. It was designed by a governmental department.
3. It was then farmed out to a private company for manufacture.
4. But the government built a few as well.
5. And the manufacturer selected added in some wrinkles of its own.
6. By the time it was all done, there were nearly as many variants as aircraft produced.
7. Even though a single variant accounted for the majority of the small production run.
8. The service which needed the fighter simply didn’t have any fighters of their own.
9. So, they designed their own.
10. They designed an aircraft with a feature not unique, but certainly unusual.
11. The first aircraft delivered had wheels.
12. Which was entirely appropriate for the intended use.
13. So the owning service promptly designed a set of floats for it.
14. Which was also appropriate for its use.
15. The owning service built several planes themselves, to see if they could do so at a competitive cost.