Americans do not understand RACKETEERING runs every walk of life to include the U.S. military--what maximizes greed & ego that can be milked perpetually with a built-in weakness to have ready-made excuses to do little or nothing is what's bought over what's BEST and MOST EFFICIENT. There is no "constituency" for military excellence in the military, industrial, congressional think-tank complex President Eisenhower warned us about in 1960. At this same time, the U.S. Navy large supercarrier racketeers were killing off their more efficient competition: the patrol plane Navy whose P-6M Seamaster jet seaplane bomber was so efficient it threatened their multi-billion dollar floating cash cows as well as even the USAF's mighty "bomb 'em into the stone age" B-52 strategic bomber racket. http://www.combatreform2.com/p6mseamaster.htm A squadron of 12 x P-6M Seamasters at 600 mph refueled and rearmed by a handful of tender ships or stealthy submarines can deliver far more bombload than any supercarrier with 70 short-range, "lawn dart" tail-hook fighter-bombers and do it without offering a huge floating target of 5, 000 American Sailors and marines packed like sardines asking for an Exocet high-tech replay of the HMS Repulse and Prince of Wales in WW2. http://www.geocities.com/usnavyindanger The first threat to the Midway Myth re-enactment club that had to be rubbed out was the small seaplane fighter launched from cruisers and battleships that created U.S. naval aviation in the first place in 1911--no gratitude here, the SC-1/2 SeaHawk seaplane fighter was able to defend ships from air attacks even if the carrier decks were in flames, and the SeaDart was supersonic and faster than most carrier jets--racketeer Admiral Pirie cried: CANCEL THEM NOW! http://www.geocities.com/usnavyindanger/seaplanefighters.htm The P-6M Seamaster and other large seaplanes like the amazing 400 mph R3Y Tradewind--even as transports so marines don't get creamed on beaches and air tankers to refuel the supercarrier lawn darts so their "Top Guns" could get the glory were still intolerable to the Navy's carrier "mafia" aka racketeers so they were cancelled, too. http://www.combatreform2.com/seaplanetransports.htm Someday, the American people will wake up and realize their military is no meritocracy and is a racket like any other human area and demand they get the BEST military lead by the BEST men who study war and how to prevent and win them quickly at least cost. Russian jet seaplanes are available today and should be purchased and operated by an excellent USN. Want to know more? Our book, "Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century" is ONLINE for FREE skyjacked by Google! http://books.google.com/books?id=RCWtHnYZ0LMC&pg

The Red Bull Albatross. A 1957 Grumman Albatross Seaplane HU-16E long wing model used by the Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard for rescue and ocean patrols through Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War. http://www.redbullusa.com

Sorry its in Russian! :( Note: The 6-engined jet at 0:40 is the Antonov 225, which is presently the largest aircraft in the world, period. Its a cargo transporter and its cargo bay is so large it can hold most of the assembled components of a Boeing 747. The Russian space shuttle Buran can be attached to its back for transport as well. The aircraft at 1:23 is the Orlyonok ekranoplan, which as of October 2007 is in the process of being restored for an upcoming Russian aircraft exhibition in Moscow. (Or at least, that's what I've read on the net.) There are thought to be maybe one or two other surviving Orlyonoks besides this one. The aircraft at 7:35 is the Lun ekranoplan, which is based on the KM 'Caspian Sea Monster', but smaller. From the wikipedia article: An ekranoplan (Russian: экранопла́н, literally "screen plane") is a vehicle resembling an aircraft but which operates solely on the principle of ground effect (in Russian эффект экрана effekt ekrana - from which the name derived). Ground effect vehicles (GEV) fly above any flat surface, with the height above ground dependent upon the size of the vehicle. Ekranoplan design was conceived by revolutionary Soviet engineer Rostislav Alexeev. During the Cold War, ekranoplans were sighted for years on the Caspian Sea as huge, fast-moving objects. The name Caspian Sea Monster was given by US intelligence operatives who had spotted the huge vehicle, which looked like an airplane with the outer halves of the wings removed. After the end of the Cold War, the "monster" was revealed to be one of several Soviet military designs meant to fly only a few meters above water, saving energy and staying below enemy radar. The ekranoplan has a lifting power of 1,000 tonnes, among the largest ever achieved. The KM, as the Caspian Sea Monster was known in the top secret Soviet military development program, was over 100 m long (330 ft), weighed 540 tonnes fully loaded, and could travel over 400 km/h (250 mph), mere meters above the surface of the water. Another model was the Lun-class, entering service with the Black Sea Fleet in 1987; the Lun-class vehicles had a top speed of 550 knots. The important design principle is that wing lift is reduced as operating altitude of the ekranoplan is increased (see ground effect). Thus it is dynamically stable in the vertical dimension. Once moving at speed, the ekranoplan was no longer in contact with the water, and could move over ice, snow, or level land with equal ease, though flight over land would have involved extreme risks unless the surface were very dependably flat. These craft were originally developed by the Soviet Union as very high-speed military transports, and were based mostly on the shores of the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. The largest could transport over 100 tonnes of cargo. The development of ekranoplans was supported by Dmitri Ustinov, Minister of Defence of the USSR. About 120 ekranoplans (A-90 Orlyonok class) were initially planned to enter military service in the Soviet Navy. The figure was later reduced to fewer than thirty vehicles, planned to be deployed mainly for the Black and the Baltic Soviet navies. Marshal Ustinov died in 1985, and the new Minister of Defence Marshal Sokolov effectively stopped the funding for the program. The only three operational A-90 Orlyonok ekranoplans built (with renewed hull design) and one Lun-class ekranoplan remained at a naval base near Kaspiysk. The two major problems which the Soviet Era Ekranoplanes faced were: 1) Longitudinal stability and 2) Highly reliable navigation & automatic control systems that were not very advanced at the time. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, ekranoplans have been produced by the Volga Shipyard in Nizhni Novgorod located at 56°21'58.08?N, 43°52'14.26?E. Besides the development of appropriate design and structural configuration, special automatic control systems and navigation systems are also being developed. These include special altimeters with high accuracy for small altitude measurements and also lesser dependence on weather conditions. According to many extensive experiments and research activities, it has been shown that "Phase Radio-altimeters" are most conducive for such applications as compared to laser, isotopic or ultrasonic altimeters. As of August 15th, 2007, two ekranoplans could be seen on Google Earth at Kaspiysk, The Lun , located at 42°52'54?N, 47°39'24?E and an Orlyonok at 42°52'50?N, 47°39'57?E. A structure on a nearby beach may be a third disassembled ekranoplan. Even today R&D activities are being carried out for such vehicles in many countries which include Russia, USA, China, Germany, UK, Australia and many others. Other future projects include the horizontal take-off and horizontal landing of Aerospace Planes(ASP) using ekranoplans. ЖУКОВ, большого реактивного самолета, море самолет

Seaplane flying is an exciting way to rediscover the fun and freedom of flying, or add that rating pilots covet. Now, the latest DVD in Sporty�s "What You Should Know" series can help you get your feet wet. In So You Want to Fly Seaplanes, you�ll travel to the famous Jack Brown�s Seaplane Base in Florida for a complete look at what flying seaplanes is all about. Climb into the back seat of a Piper J-3 Cub on floats for a pilot�s eye view of all the maneuvers required for the FAA checkride. Learn the different taxi techniques you�ll use, how to read the wind and the water, and how to master water takeoffs and landings. Along the way, you�ll get real world tips to help advance your skills from noted seaplane instructors Jon Brown and John Rennie. Also includes interactive extras for more detailed information about key topics. Packed with over an hour of in-flight footage and full motion graphics, So You Want to Fly Seaplanes is perfect for anyone interested in the world of water flying.

That's why I like seaplane amphibian!

Flying on russian amphibian plane on Volga river

The Parnall Peto was a small seaplane designed to Air Ministry specification 16/24 in the early 1920s for use as a submarine-carried reconnaissance aircraft. Half a dozen examples were designed and built by George Parnall and Company, one being lost with the submarine HMS M2 when her hangar flooded. It was one of the most challenging projects which the company undertook, because of the very small hangar in which the aircraft had to fit, mounted immediately in front of the submarine's conning tower. Of mixed wood, fabric, aluminium and steel construction, it had unequal span, Warren-braced folding rectangular wings. The first aircraft, N181, was powered by a 128 hp Bristol Lucifer engine and had mahogany plywood "Consuta" type floats. Performance was generally satisfactory but improvements were made and the machine was rebuilt with new wings, metal floats and a 169 hp Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose engine. Tests both on the sea and in the air showed that designer, Harold Bolas, had met the requirements and it was officially judged to be exceptionally good. The aircraft was launched using a compressed air catapult mounted on the forward casing of the submarine and recovered using a crane. HMS M2 was a Royal Navy aircraft-carrying submarine shipwrecked in Lyme Bay, England, on 26 January 1932. She was one of three M class boats completed. M2 was laid down at Vickers shipyard at Barrow in Furness in 1916, and launched in 1919. After the accidental sinking of HMS M1 in 1925, M2 and her sister M3 were taken out of service and reassigned for experimental use. She had her gun removed because of the limit in submarine gun calibre of 8 inches imposed by the Washington Naval Treaty, and it was replaced by a small aircraft hangar, the work being completed in 1928. This could carry a small Parnall Peto seaplane, specially designed for the M2 and which could be launched by hydraulic catapult within a few minutes of surfacing. The aircraft would land alongside the submarine on completion of its sortie and be winched aboard using a crane. The submarine was to operate ahead of the battle fleet in a reconnaissance role, flying off her seaplane as a scout. The accident M2 left her base at Portland on 29 January 1932, for an exercise in West Bay. Her last communication was a radio message at 10:11 to her Submarine depot ship, HMS Titania to announce that she would dive at 10:30 am. The captain of a passing merchant ship, the Newcastle coaster Tynsider, mentioned that he had seen a large submarine dive stern first at around 11:15. Unaware of the significance of this, he only reported it in passing once he reached port. Her crew of 60 were all killed in the accident. The submarine was found on 3 February, eight days after her loss. Ernest Cox, the salvage expert that had raised the German battleships at Scapa Flow, was hired to salvage the M2. In an operation lasting nearly a year and 1,500 dives, on 8 December 1932, she was lifted to within six metres of the surface before a gale sprang up, sending her down to her final resting place. The hangar door was found open and the aircraft still in it. The accident was believed to be due to water entering the submarine through the hangar door, which had been opened to launch the aircraft shortly after surfacing. This is a similar reason to the loss of the RO-RO cross channel ferry Herald of Free Enterprise in 1987, which capsized when the sea entered the ship through the large car-deck door which was close to the waterline. Two explanations have been advanced. The first is that since the crew were always trying to beat their record time for launching the aircraft, they had simply opened the hangar door on surfacing whilst the deck was still awash. The other theory is that the flooding of the hangar was due to failure of the stern hydroplanes. High pressure air tanks were used to bring the boat to the surface in an awash condition but to conserve this limited resource, compressors were then started to completely clear the ballast tanks of water by blowing air into them. This could take as long as 15 minutes to complete. The normal procedure for launching the aircraft was therefore to hold the boat on the surface using the hydroplanes whilst the hangar door was opened and the aircraft launched. Failure of the rear hydroplanes would have sent the stern down as observed by the merchant officers and water would have eventually entered the hangar. The aftermath. The submarine currently lies upright on the sea bed at ( 50°34′34″N, 2°32′55″W) OSGB36. Her keel is about 32 metres below the surface at low tide, and her highest point at the top of the conning tower at around 20 metres. She is a popular dive for scuba divers.

I like build airplane especially seaplane .I search long time when I found correct seaplane. It complete from balsa wood. I is covered by ORATEX. Hulk is covered by fibreglass and sprayed. There are 6 servos. I built it from scratch

Is this not the best landing ever?... Simply stunning!

Sea plane flight around Meeru Island in North Male Atoll, Maldives

Dewey Eldred's highly-original floatplane with a automobile-like nacelle mounted on top of a W-shaped wing. Floats were mounted under the lowest parts of the wing, with twin tail-booms attached to the rear of the floats. Very little information available on this aircraft. From Model Airplane News 11/46: "A 125-hp Continental takes it off water in 10-sec, and top speed is 125-mph. The plane was named the Flyer's Dream and was 2-3-place. It had a span of 30-ft, top speed of 120-mph, and a cruise of 100 with a landing speed of 50-mph"

Our dudes Lars and Leca from the now defunkt Montana Bar in Bergen, Norway took us on a sea plane over the fjords and glaciers of Norway to this lil town where we ate in a dungeon. That's in part 2 though.

Flight video of my new RC seaplane, named the Polaris. Free plans are available at http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=922465 and kits are available at http://www.modelaero.com.

The Ostego Lake Seaplane Fly-in is held in Gaylord, MI each June. This video comes in two parts. There is a 55 Min. DVD available through the Seaplane Pilots Assn.

photographer Charlie Samuels shooting a seaplane from a helicopter and boat in New York harbor with skyline and in the Hamptons © 2008 CharlieSamuels.com Anthony Rossello Tony Evan Fairbanks Christina Holmes Certain Pictures V1 Jets V1 Seaplanes

9 Mins from the 55min DVD of the Grand Marais, MI Seaplane Fly-In, Video shot in June by Dave Quam

This is a kit plane that was designed to land on water or land. As you can see it takes off very quick.

Landing at Neets Bay

Sea plane pilot forgets to "gear up" to land on water

A Sea Plane Pilot takes a couple on a romantic adventure from Captiva Island to Boca Grande in Southwest Florida. Produced by Pacific Sun Productions, Michael Warner - Director

When deployed to WESTPAC, Advanced Seaplane Base training took place at Buckner Bay Okinawa. Who can forget the Buoy Watches and swimming with the Sea Snakes.

Bill Brown's Seaplane flying at Blantyre, Scotland. Our website is at: http://www.ekmfc.co.uk/

Join Chris Wheeler, a Tourism BC Field Reporter, as he journeys through Downtown Vancouver and then takes off on a Seaplane adventure into the Coast Mountain Range! You will love where he ends up! http://www.hellobc.com/Vancouver

Here is few landing with Pelican.

landing the DeHaviland Beaver floatplane in Juneau harbor June 07. this is the same type of plane that 5 people were killed recently in ketchikan.