There have been constant setbacks and delays since we first heard the news seaplanes would be taking off from and landing on Lake Burley Griffin, but now we finally have a date. And it’s as close as ...

The northern Aegean Island of Imbros will soon be honoured by a special commemorative plaque in Melbourne's bayside suburb of ...

"In Kerala, there are a lot of dams... For example, in Palakkad district, we have Malampuzha dam and we can use it (seaplanes) there... dam to dam seaplanes is our focus point. For that we had ...

The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in northern France, was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army and one of the most infamous days of World War One. On 1 July 1916, the ...

By 1917, Germany's 140 U-boats had sunk almost a third of the world's merchant ships. (Source: National WW1 Museum and Memorial, USA.) The SS Maplewood being torpedoed and sunk by German submarine ...

In the mid-1940s, seven Mars seaplanes were delivered to the Navy, scaled back from the 20 planes the sea service ordered following the end of WWII. The first Mars prototype, dubbed "the Old Lady ...

The wreckage of VH-WTY, recovered after its fatal crash off Rottnest Island in January 2025. (Image: ATSB) The ATSB has released a preliminary report as its investigation into January’s fatal ...

In its preliminary report, released on Thursday, the ATSB detailed a text message exchange between the chief pilot of the plane's operator, Swan River Seaplanes, and Mr Wong. The chief pilot ...