Lake Aircraft

Lake Aircraft was a manufacturer of amphibious aircraft. The company had its headquarters in Sanford, Maine.

The " Lakes " are the most produced amphibious aircraft in the world and were in contrast to other seaplanes, which are designed for the country and were rebuilt as a seaplane, built as a pure amphibious aircraft. A total of about 1300 of these aircraft were sold, 900 of them in the United States. The company owns the world's only an FAA certificate for single-engine amphibious aircraft.

The basis for the LAKE ( LA4 ) was the Colonia C2 with 180 hp. Until 1969, the LA4 was built and was then replaced by the LA4 -200. This had a more powerful engine ( 200 hp ), additional tanks on the wings and allowed a higher take-off weight. Initially, the aircraft was mainly designed for military purposes.

Since 2001, attempts Armand Rivard, founder and owner of the company to sell them, among other things, on the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2005. During an auction, in which no one, the company offered