USA Archives - Seaplane International

Bridger Aerospace will be the first customer of the new French FF72 firefighting seaplane

Bridger Aerospace of the nation’s largest aerial firefighting companies, and Positive Aviation, (PA) France-based engineering company, announced last week that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) designating…

Sandor Dr. Varga April 1, 2025

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REGENT Viceroy all-electric seaglider prototype on the water

REGENT, the developer and manufacturer of seagliders, is pioneering the future of maritime mobility. The seaglider is a novel all-electric high-speed vessel that operates exclusively over water to connect coastal…

Sandor Dr. Varga March 24, 2025

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Philippine Mars giant seaplane last flight to Air Museum Tucson video

As one of only two remaining Martin JRM Mars flying boats, the Philippine Mars was making its final journey from near Vancouver to the Pima Air and Space Museum in…

Sandor Dr. Varga February 15, 2025

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Privateer six-seater seaplane maiden flight from land runway

After ten years of development the Privateer seaplane flew for the first time. The maiden flight of the Privateer amphibian happened this month in Florida.

Sandor Dr. Varga August 24, 2019

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Fewer seaplanes at the EAA Oshkosh pilot meeting

The world's largest aircraft pilot meeting today ended near Chicago. One video and few pictures about fewer seaplanes.

Sandor Dr. Varga July 28, 2019

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My video compilation: The world’s largest and smallest seaplanes

My new video compilation about the classic gigantic seaplane and the electric-powered future, Hughes H-4 Hercules and Kitty Hawk Flyer.

Sandor Dr. Varga February 12, 2019

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ICON A5 seaplane new milestones

On this week ICON Aircraft put 1000 hours of flight time on his first ICON A5 amphibian aircraft and bonded 100th composite fuselage of his aircraft at ICON seaplane factory Tijuana.

Sandor Dr. Varga February 2, 2019

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Gidroaviasalon 2018 in Gelendzhik

The world's largest seaplane festival, Gidroaviasalon was held on the Black Sea coast in Russia last weekend.

Sandor Dr. Varga September 12, 2018

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Lucky seaplane accident in Manhattan on the East River

The Cessna 208 Caravan amphibian seaplane made an emergency landing in the East River on Friday evening last week. Lucky seaplane accident. An NYPD boat rescued 10 people from the seaplane, 9 passengers and the captain.

Aranka Sulecz July 24, 2017

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ICON A5 accident, lead engineer and coworker dead

In April ICON A5 had a hard landing, when the water came into the cockpit, but no one was injured. Unfortunately some days ago they were not lucky, the seaplane flew for 20 minutes before it crashed, the crew died.

Aranka Sulecz May 12, 2017