We bring seaplane aviation closer to people
For the honor of the centenary of the foundation of the first Dornier airplane factory, Conrado Dornier builds a new seaplane factory in Canada where the 10 seater Luxury Dornier Seastar will be constructed of composite in the next five years.
A Swiss educated aircraft engineer, who worked on the development of the Concorde, then moved to Canada to the DeHavilland Company and finally in 1973 from the anagram of his name established the garage sized Zenith Aircraft Company in the United States.
We have been on the three biggest European Seaplane festivals during the past year, a few thoughts and pictures from the past.
A slightly more than 100 thousand dollars a two seater seaplane is on the sale in Los Angeles. The speciality of this plane is that its wing can be folded, so it is possible to store it in a garage or to transport it on a trailer like a motorboat.
Old and new amphibians are occurs in our video report from Moscow International Aviation and Space Salon (MAKS) 2009.
The biggest seaplane event in Europe, the Scalaria Air Challenge was taken place for the third time at Wolfgangsee, Austria this year. Watch our video report and an interview with the manager of the show.
Gelendzhik is a Russian sea resort at the Black Sea, where in September 2008 the Gidroaviosalon exhibition and presentation has been organized for the seventh time.
