We travelled across four countries to get to Biscarrosse, the cradle of the French seaplane aviation. This event was also a special occasion since it marked the 100th anniversary of the seaplane aviation in France.
Video: A Beaver on the Scalaria Air Challenge
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.
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…
Retractable floats after retractable gears
The retractable landing gear is completely ordinary in aviation, and now the retractable float is coming too, by the innovation of an Australian company, Tigerfish Aviation.
ArGo Airways on the Greek Sea
I saw their plane for the first time on the Wolfgangsee in the last year, one of its pilots was a French captain, who flies with intercontinental Airbuses. Let’s get to know this seaplane company. On tour on the Scalaria…
Viking upgrades successful seaplanes
At Singapore Airshow 2010 we asked Robert Mauracher, Vice President, Business Development of Victoria, British Columbia based Viking Ltd about their new products and plans.
Seaplanes at Singapore
Hydroplanes at such an exhibition are not easy to be found. We are about to present four plane types which are all amphibians, moreover land variants of two of these will also be sold.
Future Seaplane Traffic in Europe
We asked dr. Bernd Strater, the head of EU funded FUSETRA program about the future of seaplane aviation in Europe.
The Dornier Aircraft Factory in Manila
Iren Dornier is capable of manufacturing weekly one Dornier S-Ray 007 two-seater pilot training amphibian in his new factory at Clark, a former US military airbase in the neighborhood of Manila.
Video: Irkut Corporation in Singapore Airshow
On Irkut’s civilian programs: One, the MC-21 airliner that will be in production in 2015 for replacement of Tu-154 and Two, the Beriev 200 amphibian for crisis situations such as fire fight, which is now under European certification process.