Aelorean

So just as an FYI, I'm guessing by "dedicated" you mean water only. That would be known as a float plane. Amphibious by definition means for both water and land.

You're right! Now that you said it, I actually thought about the word "amphibious" and realized that you're correct in that it would mean both land and water. I did not know that water-only planes were called "float planes".

This is a little off-topic for the thread, but I'm curious, what are the biggest and/or most extensive (or most expensive) amphibious or float planes that exist? Are there any jets?

Ah ...I see now. I am not familiar with the makes/models of aircrafts, so I just looked at all the planes and saw that they all had landing gears. But, I can now see how the design of the Icon A5 allows for water landing/takoff if you don't use the landing gear.

I had assumed there would be a dedicated amphibious plane (and a big enough one for transporting passengers, etc.) similar to what we had in FSX; but, the Icon A5 will work.

Thanks.

I was surprised that FS2020 was released without at least one amphibious aircraft in the base package. I haven't checked the more expensive packages, is there one there? Or, does anyone know of a company working on one as a paid or free mod? Or, does FS2020 not currently support landing/taking off in water?

I really enjoyed flying the amphibious aircrafts in FSX and it's really nice for learning how to land (and it's just fun in general.)

I know it's still very early; but, I'm just curious if MSFS supports mods or addons which add missions and/or stories similar to what we had with FSX, even if it's just as simple as a set of saved flight paths/settings/etc.

I always enjoyed these types of addons and think they're well worth the money.