Firefighter seaplane crash-landed near the fire Greece
UPDATE Firefighter helicopter flew back to help the crash-landed seaplane. One of the pilots of the helicopter says:
Seaplane local sightseeing opened for tourists in South China
A few days sightseeing tour possible in Liuzhou, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Cessna 208 Caravan amphibious seaplanes take off from the river to boost local tourism industry.
Nordic Seaplanes: new scheduled seaplane route in Denmark
In April it is expected to start seaplane flight between the capital city and second largest city in Denmark with five flights daily. It will be Europe's second scheduled seaplane…
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SaRo Princess was the swan-song of the seaplane transatlantic flights
A British seaplane giant, the SaRo SR45 Princess - The Princess - was attempting to step into the business of transcontinental passenger transport, but her engineering-solutions were outdated a few…
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Diamond Aircraft builds Dornier Seastar airframe
Austrian and German company united Chinese financial backgrounds and finally will be a new European seaplane, the Dornier Seastar. After thirty years of this seaplane first taking off its production will start and according to the plans this summer Dornier present the first series product Seastar amphibious aircraft.
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BLADE the Uber for seaplanes
The new startup BLADE is taking the New Yorker’s high society to the beach with seaplanes and helicopters. Details in the video.
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Seaplane best of 2015
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?
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Rutan SkiGull maiden flight
Update. After two weeks the water taxi test Burt Rutan’s SkiGull was its maiden flight from Coeur d’Alene airport today. In new hangar at this airport Rutan’s team is developing the aircraft that will operate at water, snow and unimproved land also.
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Water bomber seaplanes in action
The seaplanes have become indispensable to extinguish forest fires. This compilation shows the firefighter seaplane types that are in the vicinity of the forest taking up water for extinguishing forest fires all over the world today.
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First French Latecoere Rally
Latecoere Rally has already staged on the several continents except Europe. But in France for the first time was this Rally in early September this year. The Rally commemorated the biggest French seaplane manufacturer, Pierre-Georges Latecoere.