How about Sweden or Finland as operator? Lots of lakes available, and both even operated British aircraft like the Vampire/Venom?

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 26, 2023, 06:26:35 AMHow about Sweden or Finland as operator? Lots of lakes available, and both even operated British aircraft like the Vampire/Venom?

Very much so, I just went the warmer water route 

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 26, 2023, 06:26:35 AMHow about Sweden or Finland as operator? Lots of lakes available, and both even operated British aircraft like the Vampire/Venom?

Trouble with the Scandinavian countries   as operators is that their lakes get very hard during the winter.  Otherwise, operating in a fresh water environment would be easier than salt, corrosive seas.

Quote from: Rheged on July 26, 2023, 07:41:15 AMTrouble with the Scandinavian countries   as operators is that their lakes get very hard during the winter.  Otherwise, operating in a fresh water environment would be easier than salt, corrosive seas.

A perfect case for a Whiffed SRA/1 Amphibian then. 

There are ice skids with little drag that can be retrofitted in the aircraft's CoG. In WWII, German and also Swedish He 115s carried then. I am just not certain if a flying boat's structure is rigid enough to support start and landing on ice? But it's whifworld, after all... 

It's been done, but not as a regular thing as far as I'm aware.