[Kepher Otieno/Standard] In 1914, Lake Victoria began to provide a convenient landing point for amphibious aircraft, which could take off and land both on water and land. The floatplanes no longer ...
MOSCOW, August 23. /TASS/. A small private amphibian airplane has crashed near the settlement of Cherkizovo not far from Kolomna in the Moscow Region, a source in emergency services told TASS.
But not until the advent of the successful amphibian plane (which had to have its landing gear foldable) did we learn that retracting a landing gear and housing it were neither too complicated nor ...
A Chinese amphibious aircraft, the largest in production, has made a successful one-hour maiden flight. The plane, roughly the size of a Boeing 737 but with four turboprop engines, took off from ...
The world's first true amphibious helicopter, the Sikorsky S-62, took its first flight in May 1958. Designed and produced by American helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft, the rotorcraft was ...