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![Robert ‘Wip’ Wiplinger in the cockpit of a floatplane [Credit: Wipaire LinkedIn]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1786481267146.jpeg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
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Visionary Behind Wipaire Floats and Fire Boss Air Tractor Remembered
Robert ‘Wip’ Wiplinger leaves behind a legacy of aviation innovations and iconic designs.
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![Palm Springs Air Museum’s P-51 Mustang ‘Bunny’ [Credit: PSAM]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/DSC_3020-scaled-1.jpg?w=220&h=150&crop=1)
![AOPA Fly-In in Salinas, California [Credit: AOPA]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/httpswww.flyingmag.comsitesflyingmag.comfilesimport2015sitesallfiles_images201505AOPA-Fly-In-Salinas-rotator-1.png?w=220&h=150&crop=1)
![Firefighters prepare to unload these four trussed alligators from the B-25 bomber that crash-landed at Lunken Airport in 1963. [Credit: Fred Straub/Cincinnati Inquirer]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/FRED-STRAUB-THE-CINCINNATI-ENQUIRER-e1785850451904.jpg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
![A Boeing 737-9 undergoing test flights at Paine Field in Seattle. [Credit: AirlineGeeks/Katie Zera]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Boeing_737Max9_N7379E_PAE_katie_bailey_6-scaled-1.webp?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
![1948 Cessna 170 [Credit: Hiller Aviation]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/aircraft-single-engine-piston-cessna-170-for-sale-601808-437047511134da54-800X600-1.jpg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
![1979 Piper PA-28RT-201T Turbo Arrow IV [Credit: Rafael Corrales]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/aircraft-single-engine-piston-piper-pa-28rt-201t-turbo-arrow-iv-for-sale-601798-9e149d4aa90a171d-800X600-1.jpg?w=780&h=470&crop=1){kind=icon}
![The FAA has proposed an airworthiness directive for certain Boeing 737 models to mandate inspections of passenger seat installations. [Credit: Boeing]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-05-at-3.42.22-PM.png?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
![Authorities at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego are investigating the possible crash of a F-35 assigned to the 3rd Marine Air Wing, Marine Air Group 11. [Credit: U.S. Marine Corps]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/marine1-1.jpg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
![F/A-18 Hornet [Credit: U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Ryan Ulibarri]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/230927-M-RB154-1115-scaled-e1697488804395-1.jpg?w=780&h=470&crop=1)
