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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.
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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.
Seaplane ride from Nanaimo to Vancouver International Airport
The flying from Nanaimo to Vancouver International Airport Seaplane Terminal including a channel crossing takes 15 minutes with seaplane. We’re publishing a few minutes video about this flying.
Video: Seaplane harbours in Vancouver
Vancouver is the capital of British Columbia, which is a province of Canada. We were at three seaplane port in the metropolis, one of them has an interesting speciality. If more then one seaplane arriving at the same time, only one can moor, the others have to circe.
Video: Seaplane ride in Canada
The flying from Vancouver to the former indian capital, Nanaimo including a channel crossing takes 20 minutes with seaplane. We’re publishing a few minutes video about this flying.
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VIDEO: First workshop at FUSETRA
At a historical place, in a shed, the first workshop of FUSETRA was held on May 14th, 2010. At the end of the event the participants visited the lake to…