Are Seaplanes Making a Comeback? It May Be Just Beyond the Horizon Written 24 July 2025
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Swiss startup Jekta is developing the PHA-ZE 100, an all-electric regional amphibious aircraft designed to generate zero emissions. | Credit: Aerospace America–©
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Once upon a time, before the arrival of the jet age, seaplanes owned the skies. Float-planes and flying boats dominated international travel in the earliest decades of aviation, such as the Boeing 314 Clipper that was a mainstay of Pan American’s service and ferried President Franklin D. Roosevelt from Miami to Morocco during World War II. Now, a renaissance may be just beyond the horizon.
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