The final push of 2020 - we had to bring former planes and instructors out of retirement to get everyone done!
5/1/2019 - First stop...Toby's Tavern, Noxon, MT.
5/1/2019 - Launched
4/30/2019 - Launching tomorrow
Brian Fitzgerald's daughter gets a seaplane ride, from her daddy, after his checkride.
Harry Keyes, already SES pilot. Time building flight to Priest Lake.
6/5/2018 - Mother Goose
5/28/2018 - Lunch at Cavanaugh Bay.
5/12/2018 - Early morning after overnight at the Lodge at McGregor Lake in Montana. Will warming up 87H for the first checkride of the day, Calvin's. Prop blast ripples chasing the fog away.
5/11/2018 - A little formation flying on the way to Montana for checkrides. Calvin and Glenn.
5/10/2018 - Calvin and Glenn splashing down at Noxon, MT for a burger at Toby's Tavern.
4/26/2018 - Home! Scenic Bay, Bayview, ID
4/26/2018 - In the air! Photo by Amber Phillips.
4/26/2018 - Loaded up for a trailer take off.
10/15/2017 - Wheels vs floats
9/26/2017 - Gail of Toby's Tavern, Noxon, MT going for a ride.
8/29/2017 - Lunch break at Toby's Tavern, Noxon, MT.
8/19/2017 - Playing on the Chain Lakes by Harrison again.
8/2/2017 - Welcoming committee at Garfield Bay. Two kids excited to see an airplane, when I said OK they swam up, hugging the floats and the little boy yelled, "I love this airplane". His mom says since he was 3 all he wants is to be a pilot and fly an airplane to Timbuktu when he grows up.
8/12/2017 - Trevor, working on initial Private Pilot Cert, at our favorite place to take a break on Lake Pend Oreille.
8/3/2017 - Found. One stray dock bumper, with Amy.
8/2/2017 - Friends up for a couple days to pass their SES checkride! Lisa, Glenn, Jared and Gary.
8/1/2017 - Docking to a log at Upper Priest.
Amy and Lisa; taking a break from Initial Private Pilot training for a hike at Maiden Rock on Lake Pend Oreille.
Jake at Toby's, Noxon, MT, for the world's best burger.
7/6/2017 - Camping with a seaplane on Cascade Lake, ID for WWAA (Women Wise Awesome Adventure 2017).
4th of July at Odie's, Garfield Bay.
John Vasilchin, an amazing new Commercial Single Engine Sea Pilot, and Lisa.
Glassy water on Priest Lake
Dover Bay Marina.
Home Base, Lake Pend Oreille
Lake Pend Oreille
'Mooring' practice on a no wake buoy
Clark Fork River, Noxon, MT.
Confined area beaching
Todd Sudick, Priest River, ID. PSES 5/25/2020
Rob Calkins, Boulder, CO. CSES 6/3/2020
Herb Jahnsen, Sandpoint, ID. PSES 6/20/2020
Travis Baker, Portland, OR. CSES 7/3/2020.
John Matzoll, Sacramento, CA. 25-hour advanced course and Epic Flight Pilot. 7/9/2020
Phil "Spanky" Melton; Sandpoint, ID; PSES 7/24/2020
Marshall Crew; Spokane, WA; PSES 7/30/2020
Jeff Rich, Rockwell, TX; CSES 8/5/2020
Deborah Earl; Sandpoint, ID; CSES 8/25/2020
Brett Burnside; Hayden, ID; CSES 8/31/2020
Temporary Priest River base due to wildfires; 9/6-9/28/2020
Yvette Aguayo; Phoenix, AZ; 9/10/2020
Kyle Koukol; Roseville, CA; CSES 10/6/2020
Gregg Hovey; San Diego, CA; PSES 10/10/2020
2019 Seaplane Pilots
Chris Le Fave, Caldwell, ID. T-6 Reno Air Race pilot. CSES 5/16/2019.
'Amy Hoover, Ellensburg, WA and McCall, ID. CSES, 5/13/2019. Fun flying! Read her new book, 'Mountain, Canyon and Backcuntry Flying'!
Philip Larson, Anchorage, AK. CSES 5/10/2019. Enroute home to Alaska to go to work.
Jack Larson, Boise, ID and Ketchikan, AK. Upgrading SES certificate to Commercial privileges, enroute to Alaska to go to work! CSES, 5/3/2019.
2018 Seaplane Pilots
10/14/2018 - MossY, NYC, NY. Jet mentor/instructor loving his time in the mountains.
9/27/2018 - Jake Franz, CSES. On leave from the Navy. Starting F18 flight training in the next couple days!
Chris Bolkan, Pasco, WA. Mostly experimental aircraft pilot. PSES, 9/22/2018.
Brian Fitzgerald, CA., and family! CSES, 9/19/2018.
Van Patten, Salem, OR. Ag pilot. CSES, 9/18/2018.
Larry Cachiotti, Harrison, ID. PSES, 9/7/2018.
Eric Page, Bremerton, WA. CSES, 9/7/2018.
Joseph Krasnec, Dover, ID/Czechoslovakia. PSES, 9/5/2018.
Ron Beck, TX. Chief Pilot Justin Boots. CSES 9/5/2018.
Mark Holmes. Salem, OR. Commercial SES. 7/24/2018.
Kevin Plylar. CA. CSES. 7/25/2018.
Gary Brook. CA. CSES. 7/24/2018
Reg Hulbert. Dover, ID. CSES. 7/16/2018
Ed Harris. CSES. 7/15/2018.
Tom Herrman. Oregon. Private SES. 7/10/2018
Jeffrey Machin. Washington. CSES. 7/9/2018
Scott McKinley playing on the Clark Fork River. 7/5/2018.
Mike Verstegen. Washington. Private SES. 7/6/2018.
Mark Verstegen. CA. Private SES. 6/26/2018
Hannah Smith. Rathdrum, ID. 6/12/2018.
Juli-Anne Warrell. Park City, UT. Time building and stopping for a burger at Toby's Tavern, Noxon, MT. 5/31/2018.
Tim Soper. Rathdrum, ID. Working on Commercial Single Engine Sea
Kyle Karupiah - Bayview, ID. Working on his initial private pilot certificate.
Will Dumm (right) from Kodiak, Alaska with DPE Perry Brown. Private SES on 5/12/2018 at McGregor Lake, Montana while flying the 10 hour advanced course.
Calvin Hackwell (right) from Cedar City, Utah with DPE Perry Brown from Kalispell, MT. Private SES on 5/12/2018 at McGregor Lake, Montana while flying the 50 hour Bush Pilot Course!
John Vasilchin from Las Vegas, NV - Returning for a burger at Toby's after adding a CSES last year.
2017 Seaplane Pilots
Job, Scappose Oregon
Joel; Bozeman, MT. Commercial SES, 10/9/2017. Now a proven 'English Proficient' Test Pilot.
Bryce Fonda; Peru. Commercial SES, 10/4/2017. With Glenn and Dixie.
Trevor; Coeur d'Alene, ID, soloed an airplane for the very first time! 9/17/2017.
Craig; Reno, NV. Commercial SES 9/16/2017. (35)
Dustin; Chandler, AZ. Commercial SES 9/16/2017
Doug; Jerome, ID. Commercial SES for life after law enforcement. 9/5/2017.
Casey; Guatemala. Building a seaplane and wanted to learn a little about flying...no license required where he's from.
Travis; Leavenworth, KS. KC-135 pilot based at Fairchild AFB Spokane. Commercial SES 8/27/2017.
John; Sherwood, OR. Commercial SES 8/20/2017. He says he flew as many hours getting this rating (a little over 7) as he's flown in about 15 years.
Jake; Palm Dale, CA. Commercial SES, 8/18/2017. (30)
Jim; Santa Barbara, CA. Private SES 8/18/2017. Now on to transition training in his newly acquired Beaver.
Chris; Tampa, Florida. Single Engine Air Tanker pilot based at Coeur d'Alene found a great way to spend his 2 off....Commercial SES 8/15/2017! He says it opened up a whole new world to him
Ryan; Mobile, AL. Private SES, 8/16/2017.
Steve; Syracuse, NY. Commercial SES, 8/10/2017.
Will - Spokane, WA. Private SES, 8/6/2017. (25)
Vaughn - Spirit Lake, ID. Commercial SES, 8/6/2017.
Matthew - Race car driver from San Diego, CA. Intro SES flight, 8/3/2017.
Jared; Moscow, ID. Commercial SES, 8/2/2017.
Gary; Clarkston, WA. Private SES, 8/2/2017
Josh - Nashville, TN
Amy; First solo, Priest Lake, ID. August 1!
Cory; Denver, CO. Private SES, 7/29/2017.
Jake; Bethel Alaska, Commercial SES 7/25/2017, docking down current on the Clark Fork River. (20)
Freddy; Birmingham Alabama, Commercial SES, 7/21/2017 at Bartoo Island on Priest Lake.
Nathan; Ontario Canada. 13 years old and saving money to buy a C150 he can learn to fly in a few years, getting his first flight instruction from Glenn...sailing away from the dock.
Eva; WWAA (Woman Wise Awesome Adventure) at Cascade, ID. 7/9/2017
Stacey; Austin Texas at WWAA at Cascade, ID. 7/8/2017
Shelley; Kansas City, MO. 21 landings with Glenn at WWAA 2017.
Arnar; Tuscaloosa, AL. Private SES. 7/3/2017
Bill; Oakley, CA. Private SES, 6/30/2017
John; Lockhart, TX. Private SES 6/24/2017
Jim; Wynne, Arkansas. Private SES 6/23/2017. (15)
Hunter; Seattle, WA. Private SES, 6/19/2017
Matthias; Nordhausen, Germany. Beaching in WA. Private SES, 6/15/017.
Chance; Willow Park, TX. Commercial SES. 6/12/2017
Peter; Tampa Bay Florida. Just enjoying more flying, already SES rated.
Jared; Liberty Lake, WA. Commercial SES. 6/4/2017
Ben; Issaquah, WA.
Commercial SES, 5/26/2017 (10)
Doug; St Louis, MO.
John Vasilchin; Las Vegas, NV.
Viet Nam veteran/ F4 Phantom fighter pilot. Now also Commercial Single engine sea .
Mark; Newman Lake, WA.
Devin; Moscow, ID
Elsbeth; Spirit Lake, ID w/ Lisa and Kathy.
Priest Lake Sea Gals
Kathy Amistoso; Spokane, WA
at Upper Priest Lake.
Mike; Spokane, WA.
Already Com. SES, advancing in a new area/airplane before going to work in AK.
Paul; Prescott, Wisconsin. Commercial SES (5)
Jason; Coeur d'Alene, ID
Anthony; Thorne Bay, Alaska
Nate; Nome, Alaska
Chris; Bozeman, MT
2016 Seaplane Pilots
Vic
Mark
Steve
Jim
Tom
Scott
Sharki
Barry
Andrew
Alex
Neil
Jack
Andrew
Alex
Emma
Geoffery
Darin
Chris
2015 Seaplane Pilots
William
Rob
Zach
Anne Initial Private Certificate
Larry
Pat
John
Gregory
David
Dave
Tonya - Initial Private Pilot Certificate-
Single Engine Sea