Sea Plane Transition?

[soonerpilot625]

Anyone know what is involved in doing a high performance SEL to seaplane transition?

 

[nyboilermaker]

Anyone know what is involved in doing a high performance SEL to seaplane transition?

Sure. Not much. Try Brown's Seaplane Base in Winter Haven, FL.

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

Have a great time, it's the best flying around.

 

[soonerpilot625]

Are we talking a couple day or a couple weeks?

 

[Almerick07]

Anyone have any idea how much a single engine course is at browns? Even multi engine for that matter.

 

[imacdog]

I believe it's under $1000 for SES.

 

[kaj837]

Pretty sure it is 1000 dollars and a couple or three days, weather permitting. Brown's has a web site you can Google for.

 

[Almerick07]

About a $1000, that cant include the checkride can it? Now all I need is a valid reason to get it...

 

[kaj837]

I believe it includes some ground school, preflight, 5 hours of training, the checkride and examiner's fee, it is a 2 day program. Cost is 995 plus a 25 dollar surcharge for the recent fuel increase. They train in 85 hp J3's. Check their website. http://www.gate.net/~seaplane/single.htm

 

[Almerick07]

Anyone have a good reason a land locked guy like myself would need it?

 

[avbug]

Do you need anything aside from air and sleep?

You can learn from everything you do. I've found that training in diverse areas of aviation can teach you about the main thing upon which you focus. I learned more about aerodynamics by skydiving than I did by reading dry text after text. Likewise, I learned a lot about landing an airplane by flying seaplanes. Forget the fact that it's probably the most fun you can have with clothes on...forget the fact that you gain an appreciation for landing in unfamiliar environments and the positive enhancement this can have for beginning to understand off field and emergency landings. Forget the fact that stepping outside your comfort zone makes you a better pilot and a more rounded, safer pilot...It's one more thing you can stick on your certificate, and it will give you an excuse to get rid of your ratty laminated certificate and get a shiny new wilbur and orvil hologram plastic certificate.

They're great for jimmying locked doors...

 

[Almerick07]

avbug you have done it again, sign me up! I'll be spending the xmas break in the tampa/lakeland area....about 15 minutes from this place. I've looked everywhere on their website and cant find much on the multi program, SES and MES sure would cure the craving for another rating or two.

 

[CrewDawg]

www.seaplanes.org

Go here click on training at the time and then flight schools on the left and there will be a list of place to get your sea plane. I plan on doing it myself when I get some extra money.

 

[Spooky 1]

Rentals

The biggest problem with flying floats is it is just about impossible to rent a float plane at any cost, thus you rapidly become non-current and everything goes down hill from there. Still, your not likely to have more fun at anything (legal that is), than flying floats.

 

[Goose Egg]

Do you need anything aside from air and sleep?

College?

-Goose

 

[Whataburger]

I highly recommend Jack Brown's in Winter Haven, FL. 5 hours flying, minimal ground school, short oral, 1 hr checkride which is included in the price. Examiner's fees are incluced. Great experience, instructors and planes.
Of everything I have done in aviation, this is one of my favorite experiences.