seaplanes

[Cypilot77]

hello friends...i was wandering if anyone knows a flight school that offers seaplanes ratings(add-on) near new york city..its time for my biannual and some people told me its worth to get the rating instead of doing the biannual...also do u guys know how long it takes and about how much they charge? thanks

 

[gkrangers]

Well, a BFR will only (if you are proficient) take an hour or two of flight and some ground.

So maybe that runs you 200-300...while a Seaplane rating would likely run you over 1500...I can't think of anyone near NYC off the top of my head.

 

[RockbrigadePC1]

I know nothing about this, but a search revealed:

Argyle Flying Services
5292 Route 40
Argyle, NY 12809
Contact: Richard Bovey; (518) 638-9723 (tel)
Web Site: [email protected]

Hourly Rates Dual Solo
Bellanca 7GCBCEdo 2000 $170 N/A

Comments:
Examiner on staff.
Last Updated 8/29/2005


Molly Air, Inc.
221 Bastian Road
Rochester, NY 14623
Contact: Ken Lindsay, Owner; 585/292-0545 (tel), 585/370-4245 (cell/pgr)

Hourly Rates Dual Solo
Lake LA-4-200 $188 N/A

Comments:
Lake factory initial and recurrent courses available. Reduced Winter rates available for instrument and complex/commercial instruction. Earn your seaplane rating on various lakes, bays and ponds in New York's beautiful Finger Lakes region.
Last Updated 12/7/2005


Rochester Air Center
1313 Scottsville Road
Rochester, NY 14624
Contact: Chris Shubert; 585/328-8830 (tel), 585/451-3274 (cell/pgr), 585/328-5332 (fax)

Hourly Rates Dual Solo
Republic Seabee $225 N/A
Lake LA-4-200 $185 N/A

Comments:
FAA Examiner on staff. Training for private through commercial, typically 3-10 hrs.
Last Updated 10/26/2004

 

[gkrangers]

Upstate makes the most sense given all the lakes....Northern NJ would actually be conducive to seaplanes...plenty of lakes...but no operators as far as I know.