I am going to Anchorage, AK for the Army Jan 14-20 and will have a little
free time while I am there. Does anyone know of any good FBOs in Anchorage
where I can rent a 152 / 172. Even if it has to be with one of their
instructors, I just want to check out Alaska from above. Also, what about
floats? I wouldn't mind taking a lesson or two on floats, and I see a lot
of pictures of floats from Alaska.

Thanks,
Tom

No comment on the 'good or bad', but options in Anchorage include;

Take Flight
AeroTech
and if you can track them down
Herb Hubbard (Hubbard Aviation) used to have an office in 'The Hanger.Net'
and Dennis Safranek (Bush Air) rents out his 172 when he's not out of town
with it.

Also since it sounds as though your military, you should consider the
Elmendorf Aero Club.

You're not going to find anyone on floats in Alaska in Jan.

PJ
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"Tom Hyslip" > wrote in message
. com...
> I am going to Anchorage, AK for the Army Jan 14-20 and will have a little
> free time while I am there. Does anyone know of any good FBOs in
Anchorage
> where I can rent a 152 / 172. Even if it has to be with one of their
> instructors, I just want to check out Alaska from above. Also, what
about
> floats? I wouldn't mind taking a lesson or two on floats, and I see a
lot
> of pictures of floats from Alaska.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
>

Good point about the floats in Jan.

Thanks

"PJ" <stol at usa dot com> wrote in message
...
> No comment on the 'good or bad', but options in Anchorage include;
>
> Take Flight
> AeroTech
> and if you can track them down
> Herb Hubbard (Hubbard Aviation) used to have an office in 'The Hanger.Net'
> and Dennis Safranek (Bush Air) rents out his 172 when he's not out of town
> with it.
>
> Also since it sounds as though your military, you should consider the
> Elmendorf Aero Club.
>
> You're not going to find anyone on floats in Alaska in Jan.
>
> PJ
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> Reply to:
> pj at offairport dot com
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> Here's to the duck that swam a lake and never lost a feather,
> May sometime another year, we all be back together. J.J.W.
> =========================================
>
>
> "Tom Hyslip" > wrote in message
> . com...
> > I am going to Anchorage, AK for the Army Jan 14-20 and will have a
little
> > free time while I am there. Does anyone know of any good FBOs in
> Anchorage
> > where I can rent a 152 / 172. Even if it has to be with one of their
> > instructors, I just want to check out Alaska from above. Also, what
> about
> > floats? I wouldn't mind taking a lesson or two on floats, and I see a
> lot
> > of pictures of floats from Alaska.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tom
> >
> >
>
>

On 2003-12-03 17:28:10 -0800, "PJ" <stol at usa dot com> said:

> You're not going to find anyone on floats in Alaska in Jan.

There's plenty of float flying going on in Alaska all year. Just not
so much north of about Yakutat.

--
Larry Fransson
Seattle, WA

>
> You're not going to find anyone on floats in Alaska in Jan.
>
I need to tell that to my nephew on Kodiak.

Ok Ok, I give!

I was speaking "in general" to the posters statement that he's was going to
be in "Anchorage" for 5 days in Jan. Generally speaking, in the Anchorage
area your not going to find anyone doing float operations in the middle of
January.

Although a couple of winters ago it was so mild that I did two separate
float ratings in March. That in it's self was pretty unusual.

PJ

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"Casey Wilson" > wrote in message
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> >
> > You're not going to find anyone on floats in Alaska in Jan.
> >
> I need to tell that to my nephew on Kodiak.
>
>

Take Flight at Merrill Field gets my vote. I spent a week hanging around
with them buying an airplane. I pretty much bothered their shop guys
everyday and they never said "peep" other than "Good morning. What can we do
for you today?" Their shop is great, the instructors are great, the staff is
great.

"Tom Hyslip" > wrote in message
. com...
> I am going to Anchorage, AK for the Army Jan 14-20 and will have a little
> free time while I am there. Does anyone know of any good FBOs in
Anchorage
> where I can rent a 152 / 172. Even if it has to be with one of their
> instructors, I just want to check out Alaska from above. Also, what
about
> floats? I wouldn't mind taking a lesson or two on floats, and I see a
lot
> of pictures of floats from Alaska.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
>

"Tom Hyslip" > wrote in message >...
> I am going to Anchorage, AK for the Army Jan 14-20 and will have a little
> free time while I am there. Does anyone know of any good FBOs in Anchorage
> where I can rent a 152 / 172. Even if it has to be with one of their
> instructors, I just want to check out Alaska from above. Also, what about
> floats? I wouldn't mind taking a lesson or two on floats, and I see a lot
> of pictures of floats from Alaska.

Tom,

Grab an instructor and take a tour of some glaciers. I spent
several weeks flying all around Alaska and the glacier flying was
definitely the coolest flying of all.

John Galban=====>N4BQ (PA28-180)