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Today, we are looking at the Douglas RD-2 Dolphin continuing down sea-plane way. Its first flight was in 1931 and had a small built rate at 58 units. Douglas initially thought this was going to be a “flying yacht” but with the great depression, they quickly realized this aircraft needed to be more versatile in order to market it. So many sub-changes were made that there are too many variants to name. The Dolphin eventually made it into military service when the Coast Guard bought 12 units.