>>945724Which kind of defeats the purpose of using a seaplane. They are still used a lot in austere environments without a ton of infrastructure, but if you're going to land at an airport it makes more sense to use a conventional aircraft
>>945715So you want the plane to beach itself, deploy landing gear, and pull itself up onto land? That sounds like a good way to build rust, scrape up the hull, and generally do things you don't want happening to your aircraft. Just my opinion, of course, I've never flown a seaplane or a flying boat, but it doesn't pass the eye test in my mind.
