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Such a shame they're not going to get this CERTIFIED... This would have been such a great competitor amongst Cirrus, Diamond etc.

Can I get one with coaxial propellers?

you are so beautiful to me ...960 ❤

Lovely video, well narrated. Congrats.

Why not a jet engine?

Has a bit of a spitfire look about it

@2:12 The early Bonanzas did not seat 6.

my dad hade one i'd fly it in the right seat all the time with him by the way he bought it from a DR. LOL. wonderful aircraft

How much fuel consumption it has on lower speeds?

I have always really enjoyed these birds

A friend's wife's family had one. They did camping trips up the west coast as far up as Alaska.

There is one at a airfield near me. Or there used to be if its not anymore used to be a An 2 as well.

Many of those interior pictures are the larger G-73 Mallard. You've even included a cockpit picture of the HK-1 "Spruce Goose"; very much larger than a Grumman!

If anybody is interested there is an RC3 apparently abandoned at Larnaca Airport Cyprus.

Fantastic plane I own the sinus in this video with the eagle on fuselage based in South Australia Have enjoyed many hours of great flying Thank you to the person that took the time to put this together as to the people commenting on name when I visited the factory and did a flight with there test pilot and commented about the name virus he stuck his chest out and said that was my suggestion because like a virus it is hard to stop you will want to go again and again He was right If you want to see our full video type in Pipistrel sinus South Australia Look for eagle on wing enjoy

I remember a local flying club/training company at Gillespie Field in San Diego had one parked behind their sign for DECADES! Their property was right on the corner of the airport (which was also on a fairly busy road) so I guess it was just an attention grabber. Cuz I have no idea if it ever actually flew, but it sat there for AT LEAST 20+ years. Sadly it disappeared from that spot maybe about 10yrs ago. No idea what happened to it, but while they do have another plane in that spot, it doesn't seem anywhere as near as interesting as the old RC! www.google.com/maps/@32.8168858,-116.9709826,3a,15y,320.34h,85.79t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sCq3oXMzUjsNIqfd9zFccWw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DCq3oXMzUjsNIqfd9zFccWw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D248.08818%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

Great video that brings back memories from 1954. I was 7 years old. We were visiting my grandpa in the little town of Strängnäs, Sweden. Grandpa Ragnar Ragnegård had a house right on the Västerviks harbour. One day a Sea-Bee landed there and for a fee dad and I boarded the plane in the backseat. We got going with water spraying on the windshield and all of a sudden we broke free from the water and away we went. The feeling of freedom has never left me. I actually saw the seagulls from above and the Lake Mälaren spread out below us. Like a dream. Later in my life i emigrated to Alberta Canada and with the memory of that first flight I got my pilot license and my own airplane. The rest is history.

Few mins ago, I saw a gun in his left hand and cell in his right hand

I wish they still made them. I always like them .

Aren't the plans available to build these as a kit? I think they'd be pretty popular!

Cruise speed is in True Airspeed... VNE is indicated airspeed, that is why cruise speed can exceed VNE

Did a demo flight in a Vtwin... easily the most impressive light aircraft I have ever been in.

I would love to have something like this .i live on georgia straight in british columbia canada ,it would be damm close to perfect for this area

Grumman produced a similar plane.saw it a lot around Vancouver bc canada in the 60s and 70s

yeah thanks for reminding me in the end there that i can never afford this kind of hobby

I fly that plane since 2022 and I love That plane (M20J), fast (160kt), efficient (10 gallons / hour), easy to handle, sporty feeling. what else ?

The GOOD mods

I grew up between ages of 4 and 12, 1970-1978 in Grosse Ile, Michigan. There is an airport at the bottom of "The Island" as people call it, and not only is there a great pizza shop, but there is a ramp with a lot of odd airplanes there. I remember seeing Piper Aztecs with their strange nose in 1971, and hearing the strange sound of Garrett turboprops on a Merlin about the same time. And there was parked on the ramp, probably owned by some doctor/surgeon....A Republic Sea-Bee! I remember it from the strange shape when I was six years old; We went one night to the library in Trenton, across the river, and I looked it up in a book. Since the airport in Grosse Ile was a bit too far away for me to ride my bike down to, I never looked into it. But it put a "post it" note in my mind, I.E. to look it up again. Where I live now, at age 58, you cannot land a seaplane due to local ordinances, which is ridiculous, since the Middle River behind my house is open for water sports; A 26 foot boat or less can tow people up to 35 mph. I guarantee an ultralight on floats can get airborne at less than that speed! GREAT video!!!

I remember back in the 70's one of the local radio stations here in Melbourne used one of these around port phillip bay as a shark spotter .

Ask John Denver if they are any good

imagine - such a noisy, fuel hungry, and expensive BUS - no wonder it had no future.

there used to be a Twin Bee in Switzerland.

There was once an RC model of this strange aircraft from China.

In the late /70's there was a whole gaggle of them home based at a dirt strip just off I95 west of New London, CT. They even had a twin engine one in the flock there. I was playing navy at the time and never could hook up with an owner for a hop. The potential for getting to good fishing holes and such sure stuck in my head though.

I fish some flats along the shore of Kaneohe Bay, Hawai'i. There was one beautiful property on the water with a large yard along the shore with a ramp going into the bay, and a small hangar. In the hangar was a beautiful example of a Republic RC-3 Seabee. I thought to myself "what a beautiful location, and a perfect plane to occupy it. When ever I'd fish the area I'd look for the plane, and admire it. I didn't fish the area for several months, and on my return I could see the plane in the hangar all in pieces. I believe the property and plane were sold separately, and the plane taken apart for shipping back to the mainland US to it's new home. This was about 12 years ago. Sad to see her go, but I have no doubt she went to a good new home. She was a school-bus yellow in color. Never did see her in the air.

2:24 Deepest condolences for the PK-IFP crash today (May 19 2024) which killed 3 people (pilot, copilot, engineer)😢

What an awesome plane!

Seeing the design, the Icon A5 comes to mind. Thank you for the video :)

Awesome!

because idiots cannot afford it that's why

We have a gent doing a complete restoration at our facility as we speak, and she’ll be flying soon! Another guy on our field just bought TWO, and I have no doubt we’ll see the fruits of that in the not so distant future. Unique/cool airplanes.

I’m sorry. But Catalina island is no where near San Diego! Try outside Los Angeles.

Truely? seems like diamond.

Personally, I prefer the Shark Aero. Looks much better than the prime and can go further.

Almost bought a sundowner for my first plane, but the 72 cherokee 140 had piper-aire! I live in SE Texas, so air conditioning wins.

I rode in our family doctors Seabeee once, I remember we landed on the lake and the boats all raced us during takeoff. First takeoff was aborted because the gear had semi extended and was dragging in the water, but after retracting the gear again we- were able to get airborne and win the race. Great memory.

And your thumbnail is a spencer aircar, the wood version, 👎🏻

Beautiful footage and a perfect product intro and explanations. We enjoyed this footage very much. We look ahead for more top notch RUclips. Thanks 🙏🏼

One of my "dream about planes". I'll never be able to own one, let alone do any of the great mods available, but I still dream...

Family member joined RAAF in WW2, trained as a navigator, and moved on to Qantas to crew Catalinas on the Perth:Bombay route, vital to British Empire communication. No passengers, They filled the fuselage with barrels of fuel linked by piping. Lost one en route. Believed to have blown up.