Sea-Planes..

For an interesting ride try Chalk’s from Miami to Bahamas, I did it in a Grumman Mallard back in 1980 (in the one used in Miami Vice’s opening credits) we stopped off at Bimini and then flew onto Paradise Island, at each destination you taxi out onto the beach. For the return flight you lift off, hold it at 50′ and fly under the bridge that links Paradise Island with Nassau!

Another good one that I tried in ’81 was to fly Mallard from Long Beach Ca to Catalina Island, take off from land and then get met by RIB off the coast, ever tried getting out of a Seaplane in a Pacific swell?

Closer to home, try Lake Como flying club in Northern Italy, they have Cessna floatplanes and a Lake Buccaneer, I didn’t get chance to try them when I was there in 2001 but the scenery was spectacular, and ‘Pilot’ did a write up on the club in 2000

It’s probably cheaper to fly to Florida and go to Jack Brown’s. That is what everybody else does if they just want the experience and rating.

as I just want to go along for the ride rather than the rating, a long weekend in Scotland is probably the cheaper option (but probably only just :rolleyes: ).. Neil

Nope, still can’t find Loch Lomond anywhere near Chester on my half mil 😮

There is a lecture at the Chester Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society about the Loch Lomond outfit.

Loch Lomond Seaplanes presented by Captain David West
Location: Customer Support Lecture Theatre. Airbus UK, Broughton, nr Chester
Date: 12 October 2005
Time: 19:30

It’s probably cheaper to fly to Florida and go to Jack Brown’s. That is what everybody else does if they just want the experience and rating.

But you won’t get stunning scenery, dramatic weather and the good feeling about contributing to British aviation and the local economy 🙂

It’s probably cheaper to fly to Florida and go to Jack Brown’s. That is what everybody else does if they just want the experience and rating.