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Its said that sailors make good floatplane pilots because they understand the nature of wind on the water. Sailboat racer and pilot Rick Orchard took that sentiment to heart in a big way when he decided to pump up an already large homebuilt (the Murphy Moose) by adding Aerocet amphibious floats and a 550-horsepower Pratt & Whitney PT6A-20 turbine engine.

Dean Sigler was on location at this year’s Green Flight Challenge in Santa Rosa, California, and he offers a report.

For the last few months, we have been looking at how the planform affects...

Builders share their successes.