Category Archives: Seaplane Skyways
C208B Seaplane Crash in China
FIVE people died after a seaplane, owned by Joy General Aviation, crashed into a bridge during a trial flight of the service in Shanghai’s Jinshan District today. Source: Five killed after seaplane hits bridge on maiden flight in Jinshan District … Continue reading
Bragging Rights
At the beginning of the year I had planned to exercise my “bragging rights” to look back and highlight my last year’s accomplishments. Then I lost my laptop in Tokyo, WordPress come out with a new update that made blogging … Continue reading
Building a Better Seaplane Base
An Alternative to Crowded Airports How do you cope as an ad-hoc charter operator when you are faced with long delays at a crowded airport with limited take-off and landing slots that need to be booked days in advance? Not … Continue reading
What’s the Difference Between a Floatplane and a Seaplane?
A well-known TV business commentator and Aviation Analyst recently asked me “What is the difference between a floatplane and a seaplane.” On a newscast he called a floatplane a seaplane and the know-it-all’s bombarded him with comments telling him he … Continue reading
Cool Seaplane Pilot Weather Tools
If you could stand on the east coast of the eastern most island in the Philippines and face the Pacific Ocean you would feel the warm moist trade winds blowing gently on your face. On a computer generated wind map the … Continue reading
John S Goulet