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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 ...
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 ...
On each side, the wings are supported by a pair of inclined struts attached to the fuselage. The fuel tank was located in the central part between the wings, that is, at their junction. The first series of aircraft had two (a pair of) EDO floats installed (EDO Float Model 47).
EDO Corporation was an American company which was acquired by ITT Corporation in 2007. EDO designed and manufactured products for defense, intelligence, and commercial markets, and provided related engineering and professional services. It employed 4,000 people worldwide and had revenues of $715 million in 2006.
C-47 tested with Edo Model 78 floats for possible use as a seaplane. [9] [10] C-47D C-47B with high-altitude two-speed superchargers replaced by one-speed superchargers after the war. AC-47D Gunship aircraft with three side-firing .30 in (7.62 mm) Minigun machine guns. EC-47D
Aigle Azur (France) Douglas C-47B in 1953, with a ventral Turbomeca Palas booster jet for hot and high operations Air India DC-3 at London Heathrow Airport in 1958 Iranian National Airways DC-3 in 1954 DC-3 on amphibious EDO floats in 2003.
It was also operated on EDO floats on water and skis for winter operations on snow. The EDO floats also had wheels for use on runways (amphibious). It was used as army support dropping supplies by parachute, and also non-parachute low-speed, low-altitude air drops, to support the Canadian Army on manoeuvres.
A few PVTs, designated PVT-H, (the H from hidro) were configured as seaplanes on standard Edo (EDO Float Model 38) floats mounted on N-shaped struts. During 1938 and 1939, four PVT-H aircraft were delivered to the Yugoslav Royal Navy. [1] [6]