Air & Space Magazine Downtime for Floatplanes A Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher (left) and a Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 sit in a hangar at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in 1942. Robert Yarnell Richie / Courtesy SMU Central University via Flickr May 27, 2015 ShareCopy linkEmailSMSFacebookXRedditLinkedInBlueskyPrintAdd as preferred source You Might Also Like The Day Nobody Flew November 1, 2006 The First Airliner to Vanish August 22, 2017 Laika’s Tale November 1, 2007 Area 51’s Black Jets September 30, 2014 Meet The Woman Who Will Direct the Next Moon Landing May 21, 2020 Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday. Email Powered by Salesforce Marketing Cloud (Privacy Notice / Terms & Conditions)