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Description
| Manufacturer: | Martin | |
| Base model: | P6M | |
| Designation: | P6M | |
| Version: | -1 | |
| Nickname: | Seamaster | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | |
| Designation Period: | 1923-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Patrol | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Frank Elton Oslo,Norway, MD | I have recently completed a flight model of the Seamaster for Microsoft Flight Simulator FS2004.
This can be downloaded from www.flightsim.com or alternatively,you can hold the zip file on your site. It is entirely freeware. I send an ibflight picture taken from the sim 03/08/2006 @ 06:45 [ref: 12730] |
| Lisa Murphy , AL | My father, Bill Murphy was a Naval test pilot on the production version of the flying boat -- the one that was cancelled in 1959. I remember seeing it fly at Naval Flight Test Patuxent River Naval Air Station when I was quite small.
A few years later when we were posted back to Pax, I would go sailing at the sailing club in the sea plane harbor; the ramp used by these very large sea planes was still there, but there were no planes. Too bad. In the 1970s I used to pump gas into a WWII-vintage Catalina Flying Boat converted into a forest fire-fighting tanker. It is interesting to look at the evolution. 06/06/2005 @ 12:55 [ref: 10410] |
| Ron , IA | The P6M Seamaster is very visible as a well tested FS2002 and CFS2 plugin at www.flitezimz.com 04/28/2004 @ 20:30 [ref: 7325] |
| Ron , IA | The P6M3 will soon be found on site: www.flitezimz.com 03/13/2004 @ 16:45 [ref: 6972] |
| Steven Kondratick San Diego, CA | When I was just a kid we lived in the apartments right across from the Martin plant. My dad worked on the Seamaster and we would always go out to see this great looking plane taxi and take off. I have a picture of my father crouched down on the wing in front of the engine air intakes. Even though it is nearly 45 years ago I still remember the scream of those engines and watching this great plane take off from the water.
I would like to make a vitual model of this plane for the MS Flight Simulator and have been looking for some more complete drawings of the P6M. If anybody knows of any remaining drawings I would appreciate a note. 02/18/2004 @ 14:43 [ref: 6794] |
| Maurice Bernhard , NY | As well as Mr. Scudder's father, I also lost my uncle, Maurice Bernhard in the flight of the P6M Seamaster. My uncle was the chief test pilot for that particular Seamaster. Through my father and Stan Piet,(author of perhaps the most in-depth book on the subject) it is my understanding that the crew was recovered 18 days after that tragic day on December 20th 1955. Men like these should be remembered for their great contribution to aviation history... 01/04/2002 @ 16:40 [ref: 3982] |
| Mark Schneier , VA | My dad, Harvey M. Schneier, was assigned to the sea plane tender USS Albemarel (sp) which was just converted to support operations of the the new P6. He never got a chance to work on a P6 however he did enjoy working on P5's and SNB's during his short Navy career. 04/26/2001 @ 12:47 [ref: 2161] |
| Howard J. Scudder mchenry & Chase, MD | To Whom It May Concern; I've been reading up on the Seamaster.I so far found one thing wrong, There were four men killed in the frist plane that blew up on dec.7 1955, The reason why I know my father was one of them. The plane went down Dec7.1955 and they didn't find him till March 20 of 56. I was in the Navy at the time. But I was on leave when the plane was frist being tested.My dad and I talk about the plane. I said dad one of these days that plane is going to blow up and you'r going to go with it.{His words} We'll wait till that day comes,Well that day came and it went him and three other men and a beautiful airplane.The thing of it is he died doing what he loved and that was flying. He had his own airplanes and was flying them all the time. one of them is in the Pima Air Mus. in Arizona I was out to see it in june 2000. I'am trying to find the sister ship to it. there was only two of them made by Columbia aircraft co. back in the 40s it was called the columbia XJL-1 just like the Saemaster gone with time and nothing but history. but its nice to relive the good old days and fond memorys of yesteryears. Thank You Howard J. Scudder 2651 Deep Creek Dr. McHenry Md. 21541 03/13/2001 @ 20:05 [ref: 1815] |
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