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Republic RC-3 Seabee (1945). Successful post-WWII sporting seaplane design. The 4-passenger aircraft was in huge demand, largely because Republic has underpriced it. The original asking price was $3995 and the company sold 1076 before ending production. Though a rugged design, James Bond's Seabee was easily destroyed by the Man with the Golden Gun using a solar-powered ray gun! -- In front is the SD500 Bomb (c 1940). This is one of the German Luftwaffe's standard 500 kg (1100 lb) World War II bombs. The world's first jet bomber, the Arado Ar 234 Blitz, the last of which is in the Museum's collection, could carry three of these (one under the fuselage and one under each engine nacelle). |