06/30/2014. Remarks by
Johan Visschedijk: "Powered by a 300 hp Wright-Hispano E eight-cylinder liquid-cooled V-engine, the AS-1 (BuNo.
A-5612) and two improved AS-2s (A-5613, A-5614) grew out of the USN's interest in the two-seat German
Hansa-Brandenburg seaplane scouts used along the Belgian coast in 1918. A unique design feature of each was the low position of the vertical tail to give the gunner a clear field of fire to the rear."
