Long Umpire, for all your flying boat needs

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From the whimsy department, presenting Long Umpire, the flying boat. It won't go to orbit, but then why would you want to go to orbit with a boat? It's fun to fly, is fully amphibious, ditches and takes off water easily, and has a handy ladder in case the pilot wants to take a dip and get back on-board, and a cargo bay with a ramp in case she wants to pack a lunch, or a rover, or something else that can be rolled on, or off. Passenger variants with Mk 3 passenger modules are also feasible, I tried.

To ditch, slow down to 100 m/s at 50 m altitude, then hold wings and nose level until you notice that you've stopped. Completely no-drama and very forgiving, it doesn't mind if you plop it down a bit nose-first, or fly it down a bit fast; I've made touchdowns at well over 100 m/s without any issues whatsoever.

To take off, hit full power, waggle your wings to get the floats out of the water, hold attitude horizontal until you're going at 50 m/s or so, then pull up. 

If somebody flies a practical mission for this, I'd be curious to know what it is.

Craft: https://kerbalx.com/Brikoleur/Long-Umpire

(Named after the most iconic flying boat of all, the Short Empire, although the looks are more Caspian Sea Monster.)

[KOCOUR]

So Ugly, i like it. Vell done mister.