Heading here end of October....

http://www.lakehavasuseaplane.com/

Joe has been around a long time he is a good guy.

I got my float rating in 1991 at lake Havasu with Joe Shebly. It is a fun place to fly floats.

That is certainly on my to do list! I have been shopping for Cubs for more than 2 years now and in the process considered one with floats. The insurance was gonna be in the 2K range! If I had a lake house I probably would have got one! Have fun!!

The ideal `dream' job - flying an Otter or Beaver in Alaska out of Lake Hood with the 375 H&H in the back seat.

Raftermann USMC - ATP B-737, CE-500

I got my float plane rating down at Brown's in Florida back in the 70's. I used to have a Citabria on floats and a Teal Amphibian. I've included a picture of a Teal for those who aren't familiar with the a/c.



Floats sure does make flying Canada and Alaska a hoot!

Did mine in Seattle in the 70's--
in a T-Craft on Edo's--

do you know how long an 85hp T-Craft with 350#'s of people and 1/2 tanks stays on the water--

until somebody in the boat lane makes a wake for you to jump off of

Nice thing about the Teal is that the Engine, and Prop is way up high, just in case you hit the water hard, and splash a bit....

Or encounter a Rogue Wave on landing.

The really strange thing about the Teal is that it went faster with the gear down than up.

It was a joy on the water, but flying off land, if you didn't immediately get the nose down on take-off, the damn thing, even with neutral or slightly forward stick, would leap off the ground with absolutely no aileron control. The solution was to push the stick full forward when you began your roll and "catch" the nose before it hit the ground and then rotate at about 45 knots (I learned to fly F-4's the same way). Airborne, the Teal was a stable joy and flying off water was a pure delight.

Rotated an F-4 at 45 knots? (Sorry..couldn't resist the shot at a literal translation of "The same way")