Transportation is primarily via floatplane charters at Craig Seaplane Base. The original airplane takeoff platform was replaced with a catapult for a reconnaissance seaplane. Morton positioned the boat to intercept the seaplane tender . The Supermarine S.4 racing seaplane flew in 1925. Sullenberger was awarded with honorary lifetime membership in the Seaplane Pilots Association. Facilities are minimal and access is via boat or seaplane. The flights were operated by a 7-seater seaplane, a Grumman Widgeon J-4F. Perhaps the most quintessentially Alaskan plane is the bush seaplane. It has three runways and two seaplane lanes. Manta Air begins its first scheduled seaplane service. The airport was envisaged for use as a seaplane base by AirSea Lines. This speed remains the fastest speed ever attained by a piston-engined seaplane. Fort Pond Bay became a seaplane base. A U.S. Navy seaplane rescued the survivors. Trans Maldivian Airways and Maldivian Seaplane will follow later.