The Piper Super Cub was first certified in 1949, powered at the time by a Continental C90-12F. Over time, the power was increased and the final production run at Piper saw the installation of the ...

As can be surmised from both of those above-quoted passages, the Duck was used first and foremost as an air-sea rescue aircraft. However, it was a very versatile platform, performing additional ...

A small plane equipped with pontoons to land on water departed from the Flagler County airport and crash landed in Crescent Lake in Putnam County.

Amphibious planes have retractable wheels for land and ... and proper weight distribution make a seaplane float.

which in turn will compromise the hydrodynamics of the float and its ability to glide smoothly across the water, causing the plane to flip. Amphibious seaplanes provide a clear and obvious benefit ...