Our Company has been continuously
building fine amphibious aircraft for over fifty years and in that time, more
than 1300 AMPHIBIANS have been delivered worldwide. This dynamic aircraft has operated all over the world and seen
duties ranging from personal transportation; gold exploration; air ambulance
work; missionary service; instruction; patrol; tourist charter; fish spotting
and logistical support for the timber industry. These represent only a few of the uses to which operators have
assigned our Amphibians. The ability to
land, coupled with the ability to transition, between the land and water has
resulted in a diverse utilization of these aircraft.
According
to a recent survey, these aircraft are operating in the following areas and
countries of the world.
UNITED
STATES AND CANADA
By
far, the greatest number of our AMPHIBIANS has been delivered in the U.S. and
Canada over the years. Uses of the
aircraft in this region include exploration for gold in Canada; remote charter
and air ambulance work in Quebec Province and missionary work among native
North Americans.
Our
AMPHIBIANS are used in the United States for patrolling the Everglades for the
National Park Service; fish spotting off the coast of Alaska; logistical
support of land crew changes for a barge line on the Mississippi River and on
numerous occasions, for aerial photography.
Other
uses include Search and Rescue Missions for the Civil Air Patrol (the Civilian
Search and Rescue Arm of the U.S. Air Force) in Massachusetts; Safety patrol
for the Grand River Dam Authority in Oklahoma; Waterway Patrol for the Marine
Patrol in the State of Florida, as well a Pipeline and Power line Patrol in
several additional states. Over all,
our AMPHIBIANS are most widely used through the United States and Canada for
transportation to and from coastal waters, rivers and lakes.