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That's the thing about those Amphibs. The wheels go down for landing on land, not on water. Put em down for a water landing and the plane goes flippity flippity flop! Have seen a few videos of amphibs doing cartwheels after touching down on water with the gear down. Too bad we can't model that into our sim amphibs.

OBIO
 
Looking at the photos in the article. The aircraft has a narrow fuselage with a stabilator, I can't think of any aircraft at the moment that would fit that description. The scale between the rescue workers and the floats make it appear to be a small aircraft (ex: J-3 in size).


Edit: Maybe a Zenith CH 7XX kitplane
 
OBIO said:
That's the thing about those Amphibs. The wheels go down for landing on land, not on water. Put em down for a water landing and the plane goes flippity flippity flop! ...
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Yeah, caught that on the tube the other evening while visiting my sis in Portland.
Had told her at once, "Well, there you go: he had his wheels down for a water landing, a real no-no!".
Lucky he didn't get hurt more seriously... or worse.

Love my sister dearly. She tolerates my enthusiasm for flight patiently & wonderfully. :)
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