Waterbird seaplane replica in first public flight at Windermere
It is 28 years since any seaplane has taken off at Windermere and 111 years since the original flew for the first time.
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It is 28 years since any seaplane has taken off at Windermere and 111 years since the original flew for the first time.
Its take off at Windermere marks 28 years since any seaplane has flown at the Cumbria lake and 111 years since the original Waterbird flew for the first time.
A replica of Waterbird, the UK's first successful seaplane, has made its inaugural public flight.
The copy of Waterbird took off over Windermere 111 years after the original aircraft first flew.
A REPLICA of the UK’s first hydro-aeroplane Waterbird made its first water-borne take-off from Windermere this week.