Anyone willing(for a nominal fee) to come to Mississippi and teach me to fly a float plane? I made an offer on a 180 amphib and the offer was accepted. If everything goes as planned I will have it here next week or so, depending upon my work schedule. We can hunt hogs day or night to pass the time!

Have fun.

I have a rating, but haven't flown floats in years. The only amphib I owned was a Teal (no floats). I had both a SuperCub and a Citabria on Edo's though. All three, great fun. Flew them up to Alaska and sold them for enough money to stay up there most of the summers.

Remember the first rule of amphib's according to Ernest. You can walk away from a gear up landing on the ground. You may well not swim away from a gear down landing in the water.

I'm a sea plane instructor. What does your time frame look like? You should be able to get the rating in one or two days. It usually takes about 5 to 7 hours of splash and dashes to get a guy up to speed.

We are going to try and close the deal this weekend and get the plane to Yazoo City. The plan was to fly it around a bit (with floats on, staying on dry ground) to get familiar with the plane before I start training but was told by my insurance guy that I still need a sea plane rating to fly it at all with floats. If that turns out to be true I will probably just sneak off to Browns asap. If not true then I will be in no hurry and will wait until cotton defoliation is finished. My schedule will be much more flexible at that point. I should know more after the holiday. Here's the link.....I cant wait!!

http://www.trade-a-plane.com/d...na/180B/1150543.html

Nice lookin' plane.

Pretty clean plane, Kelly! Congrats!

That should be a fun plane.