Splash and go Dutch Catalina
We have received this letter from Bernie van Surksum fly coordinator, Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Holland.
We bring seaplane aviation closer to people
We have received this letter from Bernie van Surksum fly coordinator, Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Holland.
We recived these photos from Tamás Kecskeméti, they were made in the country of thousands lakes, in Finland, where they had the opportunity to try the flying with a hydroplane.
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.
This plane was used by the US Army in Vietnam sometime, now it is presented by its owner. We made this video on the Scalaria Air Challenge in Austria in 2009.
Somebody has found these pictures on the website stipistop.com. It is still beautiful despite its condition. We crown these photos with a video of a Catalina, which is still in operation.
I have only seen this historical plane on the greatest European air shows on the surface. Finally on the last Scalaria Air Challange I got on the plane from a boat to make an interview with the crew, who are all voluntary flying with this old bird.
A Piper 18PA Super Cub was the guest of the Scalaria event. The plane is presented by its pilot.
It is a rare possibility for a grandchild to resurrect his grandfather’s legendary plane. Iren Dornier renewed a Dornier Do-24 ATT seaplane then flew around the world with it. He has been using this plane since then. When we took these pictures the amphibia rested on the water of the Wolfgangsee in Austria in front of the Scalaria Hotel.