We bring seaplane aviation closer to people
The new startup BLADE is taking the New Yorker’s high society to the beach with seaplanes and helicopters. Details in the video.
Year-end retrospective. I think, these facts will speed up the seaplanes to spread to the world. Maybe a new seaplane golden age will be soon?
Yesterday on Paris Airshow Viking Air Limited of Victoria, BC, Canada and Reignwood Aviation Group of Beijing, China signed strategic partnership agreement with commercial commitment for 50 Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft. The size of the deal is $ 350 million.
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.
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.
We asked dr. Bernd Strater, the head of EU funded FUSETRA program about the future of seaplane aviation in Europe.
