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The Chinese AVIC AG600 giant seaplane first-ever flight was from Zhuhai Jinwan airport about 50 miles west of Hong Kong. The AG600’s hour-long maiden flight shows it flying over water but not actually landing on it. An aquatic takeoff and landing is set for 2018.
A Chinese company has produced the world’s first unmanned, amphibious commercial seaplane, with plans to use it to deliver goods, transport supplies to islands and detect submarines, according to the manufacturer.
Viking Air president David Curtis said this week: the aircraft factory plans to start building the SuperScooper water bombers. Last year the Viking Air Limited acquired manufacturing rights for this water bomber, it called the Canadair CL-415, was manufactured by…
In April ICON A5 had a hard landing, when the water came into the cockpit, but no one was injured. Unfortunately some days ago they were not lucky, the seaplane flew for 20 minutes before it crashed, the crew died.
Tomas Brodreskift, the CEO of the Norwegian development company presents Equator P2 Xcursion, the new electric-hybrid twoseater seaplane to Seaplane International readers at the ceremony.
As a deal to acquire amphibious plane US-2 from Japan seems to have stuck in a whirlpool, India has quietly started working to build its own Seaplane. It will be Dornier Do-228, video about it. We offer to our earlier…
The 100th Viking Twin Otter series 400 aircraft has been manufactured landing gear, but later the factory equiped it with amphibious floats last year.
In this spring Icon aircraft factory announced, they are able to supply the ordered A5 amphibious seaplanes one year later. The company’s update release you can see that they can keep the new deadline.
The Gidroaviasalon was held in Gelendzhik in the territory of Beriev aircraft manufacturer testing and experimental base and Gelendzhik airport at the end of this September. Now we publish some photos of the factory photographer, Marina Lystseva. The Beriev BE-200…
Two heritage, one seaplane airplane factory. Canadian aircraft manufacturer Viking Air has acquired and modernized the types of the deHavilland Canada aircraft factory, including such legendary models as the Twin Otter and Beaver seaplanes. Plus the Viking Air bought the…