Loch Lomond Seaplanes.

[Saitek]

This is so cool.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/gla ... 187102.stm

Here is the aircraft.
http://www.lochlomondseaplanes.com/technical.html

[Hagar]

Now this is something completely different. Seems a funny time of year to start a business like that though. Be interesting to see how they make out.

[C]

Now this is something completely different. Seems a funny time of year to start a business like that though. Be interesting to see how they make out.

From my travels up north of the border, they arem't a new company (been pleasure flying for some years IIRC), but are just introducing a new service.

[Saitek]

I'm tempted to go in one of those in the summer hols next year. Hmmmm.

[wji]

Oh, my . . . what interesting information
To the trained observer, the Loch Lomond webpages raise more questions than they answer.

Yes, I've been to Scotland, Glasgow and Loch Lomond.

Both links show different aircraft: the first link is a DHC3-T and the second is as stated. Nowhere does it state they actually fly to (land and takeoff at) Loch Lomond!

Anyway, thanks for the link I'm always interested in anything regarding the old homeland (of my ancestors).

P.S. The photos look more like they were taken in British Columbia than in the British Isles!  ;D

[Rifleman]

[quote]Oh, my . . . what interesting information

P.S. The photos look more like they were taken in British Columbia than in the British Isles!

[beaky]

Was sort of hoping it'd be a Dragon Rapide on floats, but oh well.

The C-206 is a nice, proven  bushplane, and highly successful on floats... if there's sufficient demand, they should do all right.

[Saitek]

I'm not sure if it is a British firm and the website looks pretty new to me, so they may be short of developing it.
This is interesting:

The seaplane service will put Glasgow and the West of Scotland in the same league as the Maldives, Vancouver, Seattle and Sydney.

Despite all that, the pictures look pretty Scottish to me anyway! But could it explain the reason for the different planes

EDIT: The BBC says that "the said the service would be based on those connecting communities in western Canada" and that it had been going on for the last 3 years. So I don't know.

[Woodlouse2002]

I don't see why the scenery couldn't be Scotland. It can look very much like BC only on a smaller scale.

However, both aircraft in the pictures have N registrations.

[wji]

" However, both aircraft in the pictures have N registrations."
Roger that . . .


. . . that be Middlesex in the US of A  

[Hagar]

I know it's common practice to use stock photos on adverts but this seems a tad strange to me. The Gallery page on the company website shows photos of the actual aircraft they're using so why on earth didn't they use these? http://www.lochlomondseaplanes.com/gallery.html

[C]

Oh, my . . . what interesting information
To the trained observer, the Loch Lomond webpages raise more questions than they answer.

Yes, I've been to Scotland, Glasgow and Loch Lomond.

Both links show different aircraft: the first link is a DHC3-T and the second is as stated. Nowhere does it state they actually fly to (land and takeoff at) Loch Lomond!

From the website:

"In order to provide more passenger capacity we will shortly be taking delivery of our second aircraft, an eight seat amphibious De Havilland Beaver seaplane, one of the world's most iconic and luxurious seaplanes."

I think the name Loch Lomond comes from what I think was their previous operation operating floatplane pleasure flights from said Loch...

[Woodlouse2002]

[quote]" However, both aircraft in the pictures have N registrations."
Roger that . . .


. . . that be Middlesex in the US of A