This year’s Aero was held last week, amongst weak presence of seaplanes: of the major manufacturers only Icon Aircraft had a stand, but they didn’t display an actual aircraft.
Only a brand new ultralight amphibia was displayed, many commentator found it takes after Dornier hydroplanes with its low horizontal swimming stabilizers. Considering its size, it’s humorous the plane was named “Flywhale”.
![Flywhale makett in Aero](http://vizirepules.hu/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/aero-flywhale-150x150.jpg)
![The first Flywhale amphibious aircraft](http://vizirepules.hu/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/flywhale_kollmann-9375-150x150.jpg)
![The engine consol is high](http://vizirepules.hu/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/flywhale_kollmann-9281-150x150.jpg)
![Technological data](http://vizirepules.hu/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/flywhale-150x150.jpg)
The maiden flight is expected for this summer, and the planned price is 125 thousand Euros.
The czech TL Ultralight brought again the amphibia version of their TL-3000 ultralight again, just like the year before. The plane can be operated from water since last autumn, as you can see in this video:
A photo of Icon’s stand.
Irene Dornier was also an exhibitor this year, but unfortunately only his limited edition flight jacket and other pilot accessories were displayed, not the Dornier S-Ray007 amphibia.
We also missed the float version of the new Savage Cruiser. You can find more photos of the expo at this gallery.
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