Seaplanes?

"Rachel" wrote in message
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Anyone done it? Is it true that it can be just a weekend thing? It's on
my list of "something I always want to try", but I'm having trouble
finding anywhere to do it.

http://www.gate.net/~seaplane/

I've done it and it was the most fun I've ever had in an airplane. You can
do it in a weekend, but why rush it? I did it in about 10 hours over about a
week, and got to fly in a variety of weather conditions. The flying part is
easy; water handling and docking are the challenge, especially if you
haven't done any sailing. And once you have the rating, it's very tough to
rent for solo flight -- insurance rates are almost prohibitive because a
sunken floatplane requires a complete A&E overhaul.

Seth

"Rachel" wrote in message
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Anyone done it? Is it true that it can be just a weekend thing? It's on
my list of "something I always want to try", but I'm having trouble
finding anywhere to do it.

http://www.gate.net/~seaplane/

I had a relative in the insurance business. One summer among other
things, he insured four seaplanes & had major claims on all of them.
He is no longer in the A/C insurance business.

Gerry wrote:

http://www.gate.net/~seaplane/

Got my CSES a few years ago at Norcal Aviation
(http://www.norcalaviation.com) - took 1.5 days. Absolutely loved it.

I just did my CMES at Jack Brown's Seaplane Base right after AOPA's Expo
2005 in Tampa. Also finished it in 1.5 days. Seemed like I knew Jon Brown
before meeting him since I had watched their seaplane videos. His
questioning on the Twin Bee's systems was extremely thorough; some of the
Twin Bee's systems are a little 'different'.

My suggestion, buy the books and watch the videos.

Hilton