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David Shaftel

David Shaftel lives in New York and London. His stories for Air & Space have covered Air-India, the restoration of Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, and Hubert Julian, the Black Eagle of Harlem.

Stories from David Shaftel

To fly passengers from island to island, the Maldivian airline operates the world’s largest fleet of floatplanes—de Havilland Canada Twin Otters.

Barefoot Pilots of the Maldives

A remote island nation becomes a finishing school for floatplane pilots.