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Didn't you have the mic on when you recorded this?? I know, I'll film a plane taking off to share online with plane enthusiasts but I won't give them the engine sounds!
I had not scene this video about how quickly (short distance) this aircraft can exit the water surface. Now if they could make a version of this as a fire fighting aircraft I would buy one.
I love it. In my opinion the best actual seaplane in the world. Great range, unbelieveable STOL abilities and truely amphibius. I think if they do better marketing, they could sell it much more worldwide. And if they could sell more it will also get cheaper (because it is awfully expensive)
If you trace the heritage of the flying boat actually starts with the H8K Emily flying boat. Post War the manufacturer decided to evolve it by taking engines from American Military hardware US-1 which was taking H8K Emily flying boat airframe with pave low GE T407s and then this one US-2 which is your H8K Emily flying boat airframe with AE2100s from C-130J
Excelente hidroavion !!!muy buena la solucion del efecto suelo con los alerones más anchos y el motor a reacción en la cola,el señalador de objetivos láser soluciona estupendame el trabajo de rotar el avion al hubicar naufragos.👍👍👍
Your use of the Harry James song, "It's been a long, long time" is not from the 1930's, it is from 1945, celebrating the return of GI's from overseas. By that time, landplanes had completely eclipsed the flying boat in commercial aviation.
They are Rolls Royce turboprops, 4,600 shaft horsepower each; same engines and propellers that the C-130J is equipped with. The US-2 is probably the "most capable" amphibian seaplane ever developed. It's stall speed is incredibly slow for such a huge airplane; less than 55 knots.
Looks like the makers of this aircraft have discovered an effective anti-gravity device? How in the world does it lift off in 300 meters? In a mere 10 seconds, or so, too. "Blown wings"? I need to do some research. What an incredible aircraft.
Only just found this. It almost brings a tear to my eye. When I was a nipper we moved from Swindon to the Isle of Wight where my Dad, an aircraft engineer, joined Saunders Roe and worked on the Princess. Aviation changed dramatically during it’s development, resulting in the concept being shelved, but what a machine. Sad but inevitable that the three airframes suffered severe corrosion and had to be scrapped…..
First flight I ever took was a Twin Otter seaplane taking off from Penn's Landing back in the mid 70's. My dad wanted to see how I would act on a plane before taking me up in Piper Cherokees he rented. Best times of my life.
Borey is an amphibious aircraft in the LSA class, a huge trunk in terms of capacity and weight, high cruising speed and the ability to operate from a wave of 0.5 meters for an ordinary private pilot
As a pilot with 27 years of flying in Alaska I think the Borey is the most viable. I have flown a lot on Ski here and the average snow with ice would really make a mess of that Akoya. To claim that thing can operate from snow is nothing but advertisement- not based on reality of Ski operations.
@Xarifa Zee excuse me ? SEA-PLANE the answer is in the noun . The helicopter is not the answer , it is costly to operate and sensitive to weather . the only ways are small boats and sea plane , because all the road are under water , no car and truck may drive through
My favorite amphibian! Amazing take off and landing performance. There is even a three sketch of a proposed 100-seat passenger version. That would have been something to see on the ramp parked amongst ATR’s, Dash-8’s, regional jets and 737’s!
The Do X was a great plane, but I always have to say that it wasn't very good in the whole scheme of things. In capability and overall coolness it dwarfs in comparison to planes such as the Boeing 314 Clipper. Although it did sail off the production line 10 years before the Clipper, it was no feat of modern engineering like the Clipper, it was just a Caproni Ca 60 that actually worked.
