Splash and go on Finnish lake
This is the next video from Finland. Captain Risto Paajanen’s seaplane, the Black Demon anyway Maule MX-235 is a fourseater amphibian which we will splash in a nearby pond under the Finnish seaplane meeting.
Video: Flying around Hauho
Captain Ilkka Terttunen introducing his COMCO Ikarus 42 twoseater ultralight seaplane. On the picture the Captain gives me swim vest.
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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.
Video: Special trip to the small island in Finland
Our first video from Hauho. Follow the saturday afternoon flight from the lead aircraft with Jorma Harju, the the president of the finnish association at the controls.
Seaplane meeting in Finland
Last wekeend we went to a seaplane meeting in Hauho, Finland, it was in 2011 the XXXVI. Splash In of the Sea- and Skiplane Association of Finland (SSAF).
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The first electric-powered amphibia in the world
In July, 2011 Dale Kramer took off from a field behind his house, and made the first ever landing on water with an electric-powered amphibia after a 7 minutes long maiden flight.
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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.
An RC-model trip in Austria
There is a small but soulful community in Austria, the IG RC Wasserflug Wien-Niederösterreich. The members are all fans of radio-controlled/electronic seaplanes.
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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.