The world’s largest amphibian seaplane, the Chinese AG600, made its first flight from Jinwan Civil Aviation Airport in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. Large as a civilian airliner, the AG600 can take ...

Dornier Seawings has gone all in on its plans to launch a line of amphibious aircraft with the announcement Wednesday that it has acquired the Flywhale FW650 assets from Uniplanes GmbH.

GUANGZHOU, 15 February (BelTA - Xinhua) - The AG600, the world's largest amphibian aircraft, has successfully passed engine tests and is expected to make its maiden flight in the first half of ...

The aircraft is powered by two wing-mounted Pratt & Whitney PT6A-65SC turboprop engines and features the McCauley Propeller C779, a heavy-duty and reliable 110-inch aluminum four-blade propeller ...

Company designers began studying amphibious aircraft in the early 1990s and settled on a twin-engine configuration similar to the Grumman Widgeon, which first flew in 1940.

In 2012, Ukrainian naval aviation possessed seven Be-12s at the Saky air base in Crimea, from where at least some of the twin-engine, gull-wing seaplanes patrolled the Black Sea.

Dornier Seaplane is planning to break ground next year on a final assembly facility in Montreal for its Seastar twin-engined amphibious turboprop. After several months of deliberation, the Punta ...

Amphibian planes are not expected to show extraordinary speed. Sleekness usually is sacrificed to seaworthiness and to a design by which engine & propeller are mounted high above the waterline ...

French and Russian engine manufacturers Safran and Saturn have signed a framework agreement to re-engine the Beriev Be-200 amphibious aircraft with the SaM146 turbofan jointly developed and ...