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Canadair CL-415 seaplane taken out of Palisades fire fight by drone

The drone strike punched a hole in the CL-415's wing and caused all firefighting aircraft on the Palisades fire to be temporarily grounded. A drone’s collision with a water-dropping seaplane…

SeaplaneInternational January 14, 2025

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Invitation for first European Hydroaviation Congress

Letter from the congress organizers.

SeaplaneInternational January 31, 2020

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Video: what could be the new Viking Air CL-515 versatile amphibian?

Viking Air seaplane factory released this promotional video at the end of last year.

SeaplaneInternational March 3, 2019

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About Mazury Airshow 2018

Kamil Winek sent us this visitor post about this year's Mazury Airshow with a lot of beautiful pictures.

SeaplaneInternational August 31, 2018

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U650 seaplane drone made in Sanghai

A Chinese company has produced the world's first unmanned, amphibious commercial seaplane, with plans to use it to deliver goods, transport supplies to islands and detect submarines, according to the manufacturer.

SeaplaneInternational October 1, 2017

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Maldivian Twin Otter seaplane crashed into airport’s lagoon

The Maldivian Twin Otter seaplane tipped over while attempting to land at the Velana International Airport's waterway Saturday morning. The nine passengers and three crewmembers were rescued before the plane…

SeaplaneInternational May 29, 2017

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Dornier 24 seaplane at Madrid, Han de Ridder’s photos

Han sent this photos about Dornier 24 historic seaplane to our Seaplane International blog.

SeaplaneInternational February 6, 2017

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Grumman Albatross over Manhattan

A rare Grumman Albatross flying up the Hudson River somewhere between the Statue of Liberty and Battery Park, with a man standing up in the bow hatch, arms outstretched against…

SeaplaneInternational January 14, 2017

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Two seaplanes flew from Como to Malta

Two seaplanes participated in the Como to Malta Seaplanes Rally. At the beginning of December two fourseater amphibious seaplanes took off Como in Northern Italy, some intermediate landing flew 3,000 kilometers to Malta island.

SeaplaneInternational December 28, 2016

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Icon aircraft composite factory Mexico and flight center Tampa

In this spring Icon aircraft factory announced, they are able to supply the ordered A5 amphibious seaplanes one year later. The company's update release you can see that they can keep the new deadline.

SeaplaneInternational December 16, 2016