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Description
This is a fictional aircraft.

Starsky "Furud" (named after a star in the constellation Canis Major) was designed in the late 1930's as a convoy fighter for protection of shipping from enemy aircraft (bombers and/or torpedo bombers). This floatplane would be kept on a catapult (either on a merchant vessel or an escort ship) ready to launch and deployed to fend off the attackers with its 20mm motor-cannon and a pair of 13mm machine guns. After that it would land near its base ship and hoisted back on board with a crane. This concept was relatively popular at the time but the development of escort aircraft carriers and long range fighters rendered the whole approach obsolete before it had a chance to prove itself.

Description
This is a fictional aircraft.

Starsky "Furud" (named after a star in the constellation Canis Major) was designed in the late 1930's as a convoy fighter for protection of shipping from enemy aircraft (bombers and/or torpedo bombers). This floatplane would be kept on a catapult (either on a merchant vessel or an escort ship) ready to launch and deployed to fend off the attackers with its 20mm motor-cannon and a pair of 13mm machine guns. After that it would land near its base ship and hoisted back on board with a crane. This concept was relatively popular at the time but the development of escort aircraft carriers and long range fighters rendered the whole approach obsolete before it had a chance to prove itself.