The Amazing World of Aviation
Season 1 • Episode 5: The Seaplane • Watch with subtitles
Episode 5: The Seaplane
January 1, 2013
With industry and tourism growing, it soon became apparent that planes would need to cross the oceans in order to transport passengers and cargo effectively. On 28th March 1910, Henri Fabre became the first person to successfully pilot a seaplane over water. Seaplanes heralded the dawn of the aviation industry, accommodating large numbers of passengers between continents and needing only a smooth body of water on which to land.
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