Check out this article on the Lee-Wendt "Amphibion" Blended Wing-Fuselage Flying Boat studies of the late 1930s:
The accompanying gallery features 7 high resolution images of these handsome but ultimately unsuccessful designs.
-Jared
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The accompanying gallery features 7 high resolution images of these handsome but ultimately unsuccessful designs.
-Jared