Spectacular lightning strikes that lit up the sky over Rotorua on Wednesday night were captured from Western Heights. Video / ...

Various land-based fighters were converted to become seaplanes during the Second World War. A few were very impressive, like ...

Promoted to first lieutenant, DeBlanc suffered a temporary setback on Jan. 29, 1943, when his Wildcat suffered engine trouble ...

In 1944, a Japanese Kawanishi N1K2 floatplane intercepted a B-29 Superfortress in one of the strangest dogfights of the war. Using only four 20mm cannons, the lone pilot managed to cripple the bomber ...

Armed with little more than determination and a forward gun, an American PBY Catalina floatplane stunned the Japanese by downing a Mitsubishi A6M Zero in a desperate World War II dogfight. Delegates ...

Vast landscapes, remote lakes, rugged coastlines and isolated communities make floatplanes a vital mode of transportation in many countries. Whether used for tourism, recreation or business, ...

The pilot whose floatplane crashed into Kent’s Lake Meridian last Saturday died Thursday from his injuries, according to a statement from his family. Captain Alan L. Williams, 74, “passed away ...

A Homer tourism worker and two police officers rescued a moose calf from what police described as “a sure demise” after it fell into a lake and got stuck in a narrow space between a floatplane and a ...

VANCOUVER — Several people were injured when a floatplane collided with a boat as the plane was taking off in Vancouver’s harbour. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria received a call ...

Two people were taken to hospital Saturday when a floatplane accelerating for takeoff in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour collided with a pleasure boat. “A number of people were on board both the plane and ...

A fatal floatplane crash off a remote Vancouver Island inlet last year happened after the aircraft bounced about 30 feet when a float made contact with a boat wake or object, prompting the pilot to do ...