On Friday, 11/18/2011 the Do 24ATT had a successful first flight at the former Dornier factory airport in Oberpfaffenhoffen near Munich Germany with a German provisional airworthiness certificate (VVZ). After 27 years, the “Latina” is again back in the air…
GuestVideo: Short Sandringham in action from the ’70s
Rare footage from the ’70s. Short S-25 Sandringham flying boats are flying around Sydney harbour and Lord Howe Island.
80 years ago Dornier Do-X landed in New York
80 years ago the world’s biggest transatlantic flying boat -which was able to carry 66 passengers in luxury conditions – landed in New York.
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.
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.
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.
Video: Flying of the PBY-5 Catalina from England
Catalina from England old timer seaplane made demonstration flight on the 13th seaplane festival of Biscarrosse in France 2010. Previos articles: Video: An almost 70 years old PBY-5A Catalina Suggested links: The Catalina Society Catalina Museum in Netherlands
Junkers from Hungary in the twentieth century
The sensation of the April of 1923 was the appearance of the Junkers hydroplanes in the front of Hotel Gellért on river Danube. The aluminium planes with closed passenger cabs could carry five passengers. According to the contemporary news reports…
Video: Flying boats in the RAF Museum London
We were in London in December where we visited the Royal Air Force Museum. We met with two flying boats in the historical hangar. Both of these planes were designed by R. J. Mitchell, who later became famous by the…