Watch a float airplane (No Wheels) take off down a hard runway. Not Clickbait.

[billymach4]

 

[Passepartout]

Nice! I thought we might see some wrinkled sheet metal. Good job, but I don't think it was a one-off.

 

[dioxide45]

There were wheels, they just weren't attached to the plane.

 

[DrQ]

Some pontoons have wheels for runways.

Years ago, a pilot tried to land on a lake with the pontoon wheels deployed with disastrous results. The plane nosedives when it hits the water.

NTSB Issues Preliminary Report In Texas Amphib Accident | Aero-News Network

Wheels May Have Been Extended During Water Landing The NTSB has issued a preliminary report in a March 18th accident in which an amphibious Maule fli| Published: Sun, Mar 28, 2010 | Aero-News Network

www.aero-news.net

 

[davidvel]

Some pontoons have wheels for runways.

Years ago, a pilot tried to land on a lake with the pontoon wheels deployed with disastrous results. The plane nosedives when it hits the water.

NTSB Issues Preliminary Report In Texas Amphib Accident | Aero-News Network

Wheels May Have Been Extended During Water Landing The NTSB has issued a preliminary report in a March 18th accident in which an amphibious Maule fli| Published: Sun, Mar 28, 2010 | Aero-News Network

www.aero-news.net

Surely they must have put out a final report by now.

 

[easyrider]

Some pontoons have wheels for runways

I thought all of the pontoon planes had runway wheels. I just looked it up and only amphibious planes have both.

Bill

 

[davidvel]

The thoughts never cease to amaze.

 

[billymach4]

 

[davidvel]

One of the best aeronautical memes. It is amazing how people think it won't move forward. It is a helpful tool for separating the learned from the not.