8/16/2007 at 9:25 AM
Tags: Transportation, Seaplanes, Airlines (all tags)

A seaplane that lands in a city center? Sure it sounds odd, but Glasgow is excited to be getting the first city-center seaplane service in Europe. The Scottish city will be serviced by Loch Lomond Seaplanes who will land their 9-seater Cessnas on the River Clyde starting next week.
From Glasgow, the seaplanes will fly into the Scotch-happy Highlands which traditionally take ages to reach. The first destination will be Oban in the Western Isles, but the islands of Mull and Skye are expected to be on board soon. So if you're a transportation freak and want to try something new, book your Scottish seaplane flight soon. A rocks glass will be waiting for you on the other side.
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· Loch Lohmond Set To Launch Seaplane Services [Flight]
· Glasgow Airport To Get Rail Link [Jaunted]
· Loch Lomond Seaplanes [Official Site]
[Photo: N and L]
by amandak
6/16/2006 at 11:27 AM
Tags: Google Earth, Google Earth Views, Celeb Houses, Seaplanes, Heli-pads (all tags)

We blame our Google Earth helipad obsession on Trump. However, led us to a cool floating heli-pad off Mercer Island, near Seattle.
Guess who it belongs to? Nope, not Bill Gates. The floating landing barge belongs to Paul Allen, who is rumored to have built the pad because the Mercer Island powers that be wouldn't let him land on his abutting property. Doesn't dude know that seaplanes are the way to go in the Pac Northwest? Sure seaplane insurance policies are few an far between because of the whole plane + water = near certain disaster equation, but if we were Paul Allen we would have gone seaplane.
Floating heli-pad aside, we still think seeing Seattle by seaplane is the decadent way to go.
Related Stories:
· Paul Allen's Heli-pad [maps.google.com]
· NW Seaplanes [Official Site]
by markj