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nosefirsteverytime 29th November 2005 18:59

Commercial floatplanes/amphibians
 
Is there such thing? The only planes I've found while Googling is itty bitty props like the Twin Otter. Anything more substantial out there in service? Or are Beriev still not shifting any of their Be-200s?

treadigraph 30th November 2005 06:55

Are Chalks still going with their Mallards out of Miami? Not much bigger I'll grant you, but commercial none the less!

spagiola 30th November 2005 06:58

Twin Otters are at the high end of seaplanes, these days, size-wise. It usually seats 18-19.

On the airboat side, the Grumman G-73T Turbo Mallards of Chalk's seat 17.

Oshkosh George 30th November 2005 13:59

The Martin Mars on Sproat Lake earn a living,so therefore they are commercial operations. Definately the biggest by far!

seacue 30th November 2005 22:40

Saw a couple of the Mallards in formation making landfall at Hollywood, Florida, in July 2005. That's pretty far north for MIA so I'd suspect OpaLocka or FLL. I don't know how they weathered hurricane Wilma.

saecue

treadigraph 1st December 2005 07:15

Chalks used to have a maintenance op at Fort Lauderdale, but whether they still do I don't know - better do some googling!

Incidently, we had a nice Twin Otter floatplane pass underneath us while heading down the Keys in a C152 several years ago. Don't know whether it was commercial or not.

Telstar 1st December 2005 08:42

Is there not a DC-3 still in service in Italy?


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