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101 seaplanes landed at EAA Aiventure Oshkosh last week, but Rutan SkiGull seaplane missed the festival, while I was looking forward SkiGull takeoff from the water.
I went to see the Viking Air aircraft factory in British Columbia six years ago, then it started production of the new Twin Otter Series 400. The prototype that could not be photographed shown on wheels and its amphibious floats rested himself in the factory courtyard between the old timer seaplanes.
Frank Seuffert built a more than two-meter wingspan radio remote-controlled two-storey historical passenger seaplane. The RC Do-214 Lufthansa elegant flight is shown in this video.
Few years ago Ivo Boscarol’s team won sponsored by Google and NASA the Green Flight Challenge. Its four-seater electric airplane, the Pipistrel Taurus G4 flew 200 miles in less than 2 hours and used less than one gallon of fuel energy equivalent per passenger. Since the victory Pipistrel CEO Ivo Boscarol continues developing electric and hybrid propulsion for aircraft with Siemens and universities. This team’s latest project is the HYPSTAIR, we hope the seaplanes are going to use its results in the near future.
Week walked around the Internet a photo series from the beginning of the fifties. A former fighter Catalina has become a luxury yacht in the sky. This triggered my memories of old timer seaplane, I went twice to its board.
In Australia the travelers looking for adventure a Polish military plane converted seaplane. Florida in turn the seaplane tows the water skiers.
Recently was the world’s largest annual aircraft pilot’s meeting at Oshkosh, near Chicago, where seaplanes also showcased. Alex McNaught from Australia sent us a reportage with images about osh15. The end of this article we recommend a seaplane captain blogpost, who from Singapore came to the meeting.
Two weeks ago on Scalaria Air Challenge the Dornier Do-24ATT old timer flying boat has been accident on landing. Video, images and reviews, descriptions of the heavy landing. Good news, the Do-24ATT already is parking in front of Red Bull Flying Bulls hangar, not far from the St. Wolfgang Lake.
The Mazury Airshow is preferably famous for the acrobatic flight. Aerobatics, fighter and old timer aircrafts, helikopters, paragliders fly on the airshow. The demonstration flights are above the beach, therefore in recent years the seaplanes flew from the water, we show some of them. The aircrafts will fly again at the end of next week, because we asked from airshow organiser, which seaplanes will arrive this year?
Last week was a Victory Day. It ended 70 years of World War II in Europe. We’ve compiled photos of this war’s seaplanes.
