Video: Special trip to the small island in Finland
Our first video from Hauho. Follow the saturday afternoon flight from the lead aircraft with Jorma Harju, the the president of the finnish association at the controls.
Seaplane meeting in Finland
Last wekeend we went to a seaplane meeting in Hauho, Finland, it was in 2011 the XXXVI. Splash In of the Sea- and Skiplane Association of Finland (SSAF).
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The first electric-powered amphibia in the world
In July, 2011 Dale Kramer took off from a field behind his house, and made the first ever landing on water with an electric-powered amphibia after a 7 minutes long maiden flight.
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Floatplanes on Lake Balaton
We received a placard from Dr. Anna Ács, who is a museologist from Balatonfüred, Hungary. The placard indicates a floatplane and a flight-guide around Lake Balaton. In the 1920’s the seaplane-activity was prosperous around Lake Balaton.
An RC-model trip in Austria
There is a small but soulful community in Austria, the IG RC Wasserflug Wien-Niederösterreich. The members are all fans of radio-controlled/electronic seaplanes.
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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.
Splash and go Dutch Catalina
We have received this letter from Bernie van Surksum fly coordinator, Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Holland.
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Beriev Be-200 before take off in gale
Last year, in Gidroaviasalon at Geledhzik only the wind prevented me from experiencing what is the flying with the Be-200 – which is currently the world’s biggest operating hydroplane jet – like.
Video: Aero Club Como
In this video we show some moment preparing for take-off of seaplanes october 2010. Como seaplane port.
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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.