The most challenging of these modes may be air travel. It's harder to loft several thousand pounds of batteries into the air, to make them last potentially an hour or more. And if they run out of ...

A rugged, old seaplane — transformed with a new electric motor — successfully took flight over British Columbia on Tuesday. Harbour Air Seaplanes, which flies people around coastal British Columbia, ...

After years of decline, a new wave of operators are poised to revive Europe's moribund seaplane services. Are there enough aircraft to keep them afloat? Seaplanes have become a byword in Europe for ...

While we wait for brand-new generations of aircraft to completely revolutionize air mobility and replace old, polluting fleets, existing commercial aircraft can get a green makeover through retrofit ...

SEAPLANES RETURN: Vice Adm. Joseph Dyer, commander of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), thinks the Navy may return to seaplane technology to fulfill its future logistics needs. "When I was a young ...