The Shin Meiwa PS-1 / US-1 is a four-engine maritime-patrol aircraft and search- and rescue (SAR) flying boat produced by the Japanese manufacturer Shin Meiwa Industry Company Limited, today ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd., operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Pictures of hydro testing Icon A5
Photos from ICON’s most recent “lake day” of hydro testing to test the water performance of the A5 at various weights.
Video interwiew with Iren Dornier
In the interview Iren Dornier, facility-owner and flying boat-pilot is talking about her grandfather and the historical airplanes of the Dornier-family. He is also referring to the renewal of the Do-24 and their own-developed, two-seated seaplane, the Dornier S-Ray007.
De Havilland All Operators Forum at Viking Air
In April Viking Air Factory organises a Forum for all operators of de Havilland aircraft. They are waiting operators and inquirers from whole world.
AKOYA already on the water
LISA Airplanes has developed the AKOYA, a unique light airplane able to land on either ground, water or snow, offering previously unthinkable transportation possibilities.
Iren Dornier plan a 25-seat amphibious aircraft
Longtime resident pilot and aircraft designer Iren Dornier—grandson of Claude Dornier, World War II pioneering designer of military aircraft for Germany’s Luftwaffe, is behind the $350-million project, along with some foreign partners who are known 25-seat amphibious aircraft for various…
Brasilian biplane amphibia in Europe
From it’s lithuanian base the Super Petrel LS made roundtrips around Europe to attend the significant festivals of Europe.
The first float new DHC-6 Viking Twin Otter Series 400
The first float equipped Series 400 Twin Otter, MSN 848 the Viking Air factory from British Columbia has also been delivered to launch customer Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA). Press release from Paris Air Show.
Plan of the wolrd’s largest aircraft
The Beriev Be-2500 Neptun transoceanic-amphibious aircraft will be capable to take away four times bigger payload than Antonov An-225. At the moment the An-225 is the largest aircraft of the world.
Twin Bee – an amphibious historical airplane
In this article we would like to introduce the UC-1 Twin Bee amphibian, an upgraded version of an old, post-world-war hydroplane from the ’40s.