Cancelled: The Navy’s SeaMaster

The Navy wanted a nuclear bomber of its own; the Glenn Martin Company thought, Why not a flying boat?

Reporters were welcome at the rollout of the second prototype XP6M-1 in 1955; the first prototype broke apart in mid-air a month later (NASM (SI-93-7809))

By Mark Wolverton

Air & Space Magazine |
March 2012

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Frequent contributor Mark Wolverton greatly prefers overflying water to swimming in it.

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