Twin Otter on floats

[Arbiter419]

Got this in an email from FlightAware...impressive aircraft.

Thoughts?

 

[Ted]

I wonder how many dogs I could fit in there...

 

[alaskaflyer]

Thoughts?

That a single Otter on floats is impressive enough?

 

[weilke]

How about a bunch of them:

Maledivian air taxi is one of the launch customers for the Viking 400. Their fleet is getting a bit long in the tooth and there is nothing else like it.

 

[Anthony]

I wonder how many Otters I could fit in there.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

Twin Otter on floats, is that like a Water Twotter?

 

[Dan Thomas]

I saw that one in the factory while visiting family on Vancouver Island over Christmas. Eight or 10 years ago I had a chance to do several circuits in one, and found that it flew like a huge 172 except that its takeoff and landing was considerably shorter (lightly loaded). There were about 900 of them built by deHavilland before production ceased in 1988. So many operators worldwide want to buy them that Viking bought the type design and has started producing them again. They're a really sturdy truck of an airplane. Lots of them in Canada's north.

Dan

 

[jasc15]

Are these that unusual? There is an air shuttle in the USVI that uses twin otter seaplanes.

http://www.seaborneairlines.com/corporate/pilot.php

 

[weilke]

I don't think there are many amphibians around. Most of the island-hopping outfits probably use straight floats.