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Feb 2^nd, 2005 at 12:27pm

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Anyone know what this is?
Appearantly my gandfather took this pic........

hope someone knows.......

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Reply #1 - Feb 2^nd, 2005 at 12:42pm

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DLH ship-to-shore mail flights - 1931

Deutsche Luft Hansa flew single engine seaplane mail operations from 1931 using Heinkel He.12 and He.58s. They were used on cruise ships and allowed the ship's mail to arrive on-shore days before the ship actually arrived. These aircraft were replaced by single-engine Junkers 46 floatplanes.

D-1717 is shown in a photo as an He.12 The ship is probably the Bremen. There are several pages on the Internet that show that airplane as being catapulted off the Bremen ocean liner.

It definitely won't be after Oct 6, 1931, since it was reported as crashed in Nova Scotia, with the loss of 3 people.

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Reply #2 - Feb 2^nd, 2005 at 2:01pm

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Hey Felix.............
thanks for the info........
I think that my mom was on that ship when she was a kid.She went from the US to Germany with her folks.....
I'll have to see if I can get any more info from her.......
that is a photograph that I have that someone in my family took way back when......
Thanks .

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Reply #3 - Feb 2^nd, 2005 at 2:18pm

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Excellent find - the other photos on the web show the airplane on the catapult, but not the moment of launch!

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Reply #4 - Feb 3^rd, 2005 at 11:26am

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Amazing! A photo with an excellent history!

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Reply #5 - Feb 3^rd, 2005 at 4:51pm

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Terrific photo. Anybody know how those old-time cats were powered? Steam, like the modern ones? I'd imagine they were nowhere near as powerful, even to launch a big 'un like that, considering the lower airspeed required for flight.

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Reply #6 - Feb 3^rd, 2005 at 8:13pm

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That picture is great, a real piece of history. You should have it framed.

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Reply #7 - Feb 4^th, 2005 at 6:27am

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Fantastic photo, some serious history. So err who is making it and suitable scenery for us to try our hands at it? Grin

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Reply #8 - Feb 4^th, 2005 at 12:07pm

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Terrific photo. Anybody know how those old-time cats were powered? Steam, like the modern ones? I'd imagine they were nowhere near as powerful, even to launch a big 'un like that, considering the lower airspeed required for flight.

Usually they were cartridge powered. Basically, you were (literally) SHOT off the catapult.

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Reply #9 - Feb 4^th, 2005 at 9:03pm

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Do you have the negatives for that photo? If so you should have it re-printed and touched up, its a real piece of history! If you don't I'm sure most photo shops can scan it in at a very high resolution, touch it up and print it out.

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Reply #10 - Feb 5^th, 2005 at 12:35am

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Usually they were cartridge powered. Basically, you were (literally) SHOT off the catapult.

I see... like the first ejection seats. Ouch! Funny that they didn't try steam; there'd be plenty available on those old coal-burners (unless it was diesel- seems unlikely, though).

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