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Recently was the world’s largest annual aircraft pilot’s meeting at Oshkosh, near Chicago, where seaplanes also showcased. Alex McNaught from Australia sent us a reportage with images about osh15. The end of this article we recommend a seaplane captain blogpost, who from Singapore came to the meeting.
American aircraft factory ICON reports that its first customer A5 amphibian plane completed its inaugural flight at the company’s airport at the end of last month.
This is a really cool old video of the “Arctic Tern” flying in the frozen north. A lot of cool footage of the Cessna 140 and 170A that Bud Helmericks used on wheels floats and skis.
Two seaplane flight options out of NC.
A short film about flying and Seaplanes, with Seaplane Adventures in Mill Valley, California.
The EAA Airventure Oshkosh, which is the world’s largest light aircraft pilot meeting, was held on the end of July in the USA. Two promising and innovative seaplanes of the recent years run against each other for the customers’ favour.
The 2011 Seaplane Fly-In near Eagle River, Wisconsin USA. Some pictures and one video about it.
A replica and a radio controlled model evoke Sikorsky’s amphibia from the early Thirties.
David Allen reporter of Other People’s Airplanes heads on over to the Splash-In to watch airplanes land on the beautiful waters of Lake Agnes in Florida.
Photos from ICON’s most recent “lake day” of hydro testing to test the water performance of the A5 at various weights.
