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EDO earned its original fame as the world's principal producer of pontoon floats for aircraft, starting before World War II. EDO floats were developed for the most popular aircraft, ranging from Piper Cubs to the Douglas C-47. EDO's leadership in this field continued well into the 1970s, when it began to get significant competition from Wipaire ...
He sought an EDO dealership, but was turned down. He formed Wipline, Inc. to fabricate his own line of aircraft floats. The production of Wipline floats commenced in 1960, though the first set wasn't sold until 1962. [2] By 2013 the company had delivered over 2000 sets of floats, ranging in capacity from Cubs [3] to Twin Otters. However, along ...
EDO became a public company in 1956 with its listing on the American Stock Exchange, and moved to the New York Stock Exchange in 1983. An agreement was reached September 18, 2007 for ITT Corporation to buy EDO for $1.7 billion. [3] After EDO shareholders' approval, the deal was closed and finalized on December 20, 2007.
Many floatplanes, especially those since 1945, can have either conventional floats for operating just from water, or amphibious floats, which have retractable undercarriage built into them. Some experimental flying boats have used skis or hydrofoils to supplement their buoyancy when in motion, however they still rely on the buoyancy of a hull ...
The Edo Aircraft Corporation was an established company that produced seaplane floats. In 1946, Edo designed its first aircraft, the Edo OSE. Two prototype aircraft (designated XOSE-1) were built and flown in 1946. The XOSE-1 was a single-seat low-wing cantilever monoplane with a single float and fixed wingtip stabilizing floats. The wings ...
OS2U with landing gear. The Vought OS2U Kingfisher is an American catapult-launched observation floatplane.It was a compact mid-wing monoplane, with a large central float and small stabilizing floats.
Viking Air seventeen-seat seaplane version of the Series 400 with twin floats and corrosion-resistance measures for the airframe, engines and fuels system. Customer deliveries planned from early 2017. [44] 500 lb (230 kg) lighter than the 400. [45] DHC-6 Classic 300-G
C-47 tested with Edo Model 78 floats for possible use as a seaplane [15] [16] C-47D C-47B with second speed (high blower) of engine supercharger disabled or removed after the war AC-47D Spooky Gunship aircraft with three side-firing .30 in (7.62 mm) Minigun machine guns EC-47D