When the Martin PBM Mariner won a U.S. Navy production contract in 1937 without even flying a full-scale prototype, it upended long-standing procurement rules just as war loomed. As World War II ...
The Pacific during the Second World War was the largest battlefield in history, yet all but a tiny fraction of it was water.
In the 1950s, the United States Navy built a strategic bomber flying boat, with some pretty incredible features. The Martin P6M SeaMaster was primarily touted as a high speed mine-layer. Critically, ...