We bring seaplane aviation closer to people
Vancouver is the capital of British Columbia, which is a province of Canada. We were at three seaplane port in the metropolis, one of them has an interesting speciality. If more then one seaplane arriving at the same time, only one can moor, the others have to circe.
The flying from Vancouver to the former indian capital, Nanaimo including a channel crossing takes 20 minutes with seaplane. We’re publishing a few minutes video about this flying.
We asked dr. Bernd Strater, the head of EU funded FUSETRA program about the future of seaplane aviation in Europe.
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.
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.
Three pictures from three corners of the world prove that the children and youth could become the friends and fans of the hydroplanes and water flying.
America, Europe and Australia, we show you three hydroplane ports on three continents. The first is on one of the islands of Miami, another on the picturesque Lake Commo and the last one in Sydney turned to the famous building of the opera.
In September we went to Germany to attend on the first German Seaplane Day on which this Cessna 182 Amphibious seaplane was one of the participants.
