Top 7 Seaplanes from Around the WORLD Videos

A seaplane is an aircraft equipped with floats so that it can take off from, and land on, water. On many seaplanes, the floats hold the aircraft's fuselage clear of the water. On others, called "flying boats", the fuselage is shaped like the hull of a boat and rests on the water's surface/ Seaplanes are most useful in places where there are small islands, with little space to build proper runways.

Seaplanes can also take part in rescue missions, because they can carry more people than a helicopter and fly longer distances. However, they cannot fly in rough weather, because big waves make take-off and landing too dangerous for the aircraft. Their use gradually tailed off after World War II, partially because of the investments in airports during the war but surprisingly some of the ww1 airplanes still exist. In the 21st century, seaplanes maintain a few niche uses, such as for dropping water on forest fires, air transport around archipelagos etc.

Here are few interesting facts about seaplanes:

1.The first ever successful powered seaplane flight was completed by Henri Fabre on 28 March 1910. The Frenchman flew his plane known as the ’Gnome Omega-powered Hydravion’.
2. In September 1919, British company Supermarine started operating the first flying-boat service in the world, from Woolston to Le Havre in France.
3. On 18 December 1990, Pilot Tom Casey completed the first round-the-world flight with only water landings using a Cessna 206 seaplane named Liberty.
4. The fastest jet-propelled seaplane is the Convair F2Y Sea Dart, with a top speed of 1328 km per hour.
5. Currently China manufactures the world’s largest seaplane – the AG600 – which was designed to fight forest fires and aid marine rescues. It can rescue up to 50 people on a mission.
6. Seaplane is a term that is used to describe floatplanes and flying boats. A flying boat uses the main body of the craft for floatation, whereas the floatplane uses a set of floats or pontoons to keep itself afloat.

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