Maldives flagship carrier Maldivian has announced a major expansion of its seaplane operations with plans to add five more aircrafts soon.
Viking Air Limited plans to produce the SuperScooper water bombers
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…
Lucky seaplane accident in Manhattan on the East River
The Cessna 208 Caravan amphibian seaplane made an emergency landing in the East River on Friday evening last week. Lucky seaplane accident. An NYPD boat rescued 10 people from the seaplane, 9 passengers and the captain.
ICON A5 accident, lead engineer and coworker dead
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.
India starts working Dornier Do-228 seaplane
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…
Grumman Goose seaplane in frozen water Alaska
Few years ago on a winter flight from Anchorage to Dutch Harbour a Grumman Goose seaplane had a double engine failured. The seaplane landed on an ice covered lake and a crew was assembled to free the amphibian seaplane from…
Halong Bay seaplane flight
Hai Au Aviation is the pioneer in commercial seaplane service in Vietnam, bringing an unique travel and sightseeing to Vietnam’s most beautiful destinations. It’s Halong Bay seaplane flight is a great experience for the tourists. Hai Au Aviation owns and…
Gidroaviasalon Marina’s pictures
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…
European Coastal Airlines has paused operations
Sad news arrived last week. Europe’s only seaplane airline, which flew more DHC6 Twin Otter seaplanes, has stopped operations for an indefinite period. The following press release signed by Captain Klaus-Dieter Martin, CEO and founder of the European Coastal Airlines…
Video about Dakota seaplane
Douglas DC-3 Dakota was a legendary passenger aircraft, mounted on floating in the second world war. One of them Dakota seaplanes would be nearly seventy-five-year-old, damage that can not fly today. A few years ago guest video about it.