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Taquan Air participated in a voluntary industry effort in Alaska to improve airline safety called the Medallion Foundation awards. Senator Ted Stevens (R, Alaska) was a decorated World War II pilot who later became floatplane qualified, and who was instrumental in establishing and providing congressional support for the Medallion Foundation. [40]
Helio Courier H-295 on floats, Lake Hood Seaplane Base, Anchorage, AK. The Helio Courier is a cantilever high-wing light STOL utility aircraft designed in 1949.. Around 500 of these aircraft were manufactured in Pittsburg, Kansas, from 1954 until 1974 by the Helio Aircraft Company.
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on a second fatal Alaska floatplane crash in a week (all times local):
Three Canadair CL-215 amphibious flying boats. The following is a list of seaplanes, which includes floatplanes and flying boats.A seaplane is any airplane that has the capability of landing and taking off from water, while an amphibian is a seaplane which can also operate from land.
N952DB, the DHC-2 destroyed in the 2019 Alaska mid-air collision, seen in 2015. 13 May 2019 – In the 2019 Alaska mid-air collision, a Mountain Air Service DHC-2 and a Taquan Air de Havilland DHC-3 Turbine Otter collided over George Inlet, killing all 5 aboard the DHC-2 and 1 aboard the DHC-3.
SC-360 Super Chub. A modified Wag-Aero Sportsman 2+2 with a Lycoming O-360 engine. The Wag-Aero CHUBy CUBy is a high-wing four-seat homebuilt cabin monoplane of tube-and-fabric construction, it is a modern representation of the Piper PA-14 taildragger with elements from other Piper family members.
This is a list of seaplane operators. A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water. [ 1 ] Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibious aircraft .
The second accident aircraft was a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Turbine Otter floatplane, FAA number N959PA, serial number 159, manufactured in 1956, owned by Pantechnicon Aviation Ltd. since 2012, and operated by Taquan Air since 2016. It was also equipped with Edo floats, and had logged 30,297 hours of operation at its last annual inspection on ...