Fly a Seaplane — Right Now!
July 29th, 2011 § 5 Comments
I have wanted to add a “Single Engine, Sea” to my license ever since I was a teenager and I am not a teenager anymore. The sad thing about the length of time I waited to get my sea plane training was that it was so close to me when I was a line boy that I could have ridden my bicycle there. Brown’s Seaplane Base in Winter Haven Florida http://brownsseaplane.com/ was less than twelve miles from the home I grew up in.
Age 56 came around and I finally did what I wanted to do and got my sea plane rating.
About Damn Time!
You should get your seaplane training and rating too. I recommend Browns, but go where you want. The training is extremely fun, will certainly make you a much better pilot and if I haven’t mentioned this before, it is FUN.
I’ll write much more about this later. For example, did you know that a cub with floats is an official Light Sport Airplane requiring no medical certificate of any kind to fly?
Remember to keep your rudders up for landing and I’ll see you at the lake soon.
Probably the most fun I’ve had flying an airplane….
Our pond is open. Clear the trees, don’t hit the horse and tie up at the dock. Getting out is a little tougher.
that’s okay I larnt how to do one of them circle takeoffs!
It’s on my flying bucket list and at “only” 53, I have 3 years to beat you!
Yep, great fun, could have bought one for $12,000 in 2007, but Noooooo, had to have the future vision of a (insert animal, vegetable, object, etc here) . . .