Best places of 2010
The pictures our post taken places where we could have traveled with help of our sponzors in this year.
Seaplane experience of the glider hungarian champions
We recived these photos from Tamás Kecskeméti, they were made in the country of thousands lakes, in Finland, where they had the opportunity to try the flying with a hydroplane.
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A gigantic birch flying boat
53 years ago, Howard Hughes the dork american billionaire made the first, and at the same time the last flight of his giant flying boat, the Hercules.
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Video: Interview about Beriev Be-200 amphibian
This year’s Gidroaviasalon exhibition and airshow was celebrated in Gelendzhik – in Russia – at the Black Sea coast. Dmitry Skhondin, – deputy Head of the Beriev Aircraft Experimental Unit – presented the Beriev Be-200 type S sitting in the cocpit. He talked about the world’s best-known “waterbomber” aircraft and promised it’s future as a passanger version as well.
Video: Pleasure flight on seaplane
Early in october we was flying above the Lake Como by Cessna 206 amphibia and we could saw George Cloony’s villa.
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Iren Dornier world tour again
Erector and aircraft maker, Iren Dornier just started production of two new S-Ray’s that will be used for the world tour that takes off from the Philippines early next year and will be called “Flight of Dreams” another Iren Dornier project.
Flying an oldtimer over Lake Como
Last year on Wolfgangsee Alex Kollep, the owner of a Piper PA-18 Super Cub promised me to take me for a ride with his small seaplane. It’s a more than fifty years old construction. We met again in the fall Como.
Video: Flying seaplanes from Canada
This is the final video from Canada. Most beautiful moments of our Canada’s trip, seaplane take-offs and landings.
Aero Club Como is 80 years old
We visited to Como (Italy) and attended celebration of the Aero Club last weekend.
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Video: Seaplanes in Gelendzhik
Although the sun was shining, the weather wasn’t good enough, the wind and the high waves hindered hidroplanes from taking of at this year’s Gidroaviasalon, when we were there.