Life Jackets Can Mean The Difference Between Life & Death Guest Editorial submitted by Bryan Webster – As pilots we are subjected to all kinds of challenges, some minor and others life threatening. Now consider…
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Operational Tips For The Lake Amphibian – Part 1 of 10 Guest Editorial Series by John Staber – It is not the intention of these articles to teach one how to fly the Lake Amphibian,…
Behind The Scenes Video: A Grumman Albatross Photo Shoot Guest Editorial & Video submitted by Erik Johnston – The Mid America Flight Museum has been having a lot of fun lately with their Grumman Albatross….
NIMBY’s Win Against Seaplane Business Plans Update Editorial – As too often, the bad news reach most seaplane pilots well after they have happened. We just really love the videos, pictures and good news, be…
General Aviation and ICON’S Push for Change – Open Letter ICON’s Push For Change – In April, ICON released a new purchase agreement to its potential buyers which left large parts of the aviation media…
Follow Along To An Epic Tale of Flying From Bellingham to Oshkosh via Yellowknife, NWT On Straight Floats! The following story was submitted by Don Goodman, a pilot from Bellingham, Washington. Seaplanemagazine.com would like to thank…
Wishful Thinking? A C130 On Floats! That’s wishful thinking! A sentence many of the founding fathers in aviation must have heard thousands of times. And still, people saw the flight of Howard Hughes H4- Hercules,…
If you’ve ever wondered how to get a seaplane base certified you’ll want to have a look at how Paul Jackson has gone, and is still going through, the process. Having owned many different airplanes…
Float Planes in SAR (Search-and-Rescue) Operations in Alaska Have you ever thought about the unique place that float planes have in Search-and-Rescue operations? The Civil Air Patrol’s Alaska Wing has used them successfully for decades….
Guest Editorial: Things To Do With Your Aeronca – Guest Editorial – Submitted by Robert Kittine – As I gaze at the cover of the October 2013 Aeronca Club Magazine, I again realize how dumb…