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2023 Season

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And so it begins.....the 2023 Float Season is officially underway with the newest member of the family - the Mighty Floatiak!
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Nic Sacco; Las Vegas, NV; PSES 1/22/23
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Stuart Evans; Johannesburg, South Africa; PSES 1/22/23

2022 Season
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And so it begins.....the 2022 Float Season is officially underway!

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Duane Barr. Spanish Fork, UT. Commercial SES 5/19/22
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Justin Shetter; Tipp City, OH; Tailwheel Pilot 5/25/2022
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Hamad Almarzooqi; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; PSES 6/3/22
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Joshua Gilbert; Diamond Lake, WA; PSES 7/8/22
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Shane Rogers; Hayden, ID; CSES 7/10/22
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Justin Shetter; Tipp City, OH; CSES 8/15/22
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Zechariah Bauman; Lyle, WA; CSES 9/1/22
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Keith Sheridan; Chicago, IL; CSES 9/9/22
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Ryan Powell; Bozman, MT; 9/30/22
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Phil Baldwin. Mead, WA. Commercial SES 5/19/22
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Ron Schmidt; Sandpoint, ID; CSES 6/3/22
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Brad Schumacher; Spokane, WA; CSES 6/9/22
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Tanner Pfeil; Boise, ID; PSES 6/30/22
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Chase Langeliers; Redmond, OR; CSES 7/21/2022
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David Boyd; Coeur d'Alene, ID; 8/18/2022
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Johannes Snyder; Naples, ID; CSES 9/9/22
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Lucas Gambrill; Athol, ID; CSES 9/15/22

2021 Season
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LAUNCH DAY - Started the day as a land plane and grew into a floatplane

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LAUNCH DAY - what could go wrong?

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Abe Fandrich, Kalispel, MT. CSES 5/20/21

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Zach & Jeff Schmitt, Priest Lake, ID. CSES & PSES, 6/4/21
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Erik Heldt, Spokane, WA. CSES, 6/11/21
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Alex Levy, Houston, TX. CSES, 6/17/21
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Kellan Rothfus, Seattle, WA. PSES 7/1/2021
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Trevor Sliney, Billings, MT. PSES 7/10/2021
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Bryan Mitchell, Denver, CO. PSES 7/16/21
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Miles Soppe, Boise, ID. CSES 7/22/21
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James Bening, Coeur d’Alene, ID. CSES 7/29/21
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Lars Ljungqvist, The Dalles, OR. CSES 8/6/2021.
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Tony Stewart, Provo, UT. CSES 8/20/2021
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Rob Latapie, Cody, WY. CSES 8/26/21
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Nathan Fischer, Severn, MD. CSES 9/16/21
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Alejandro Gronberger, Buenos Aires, Argentina, PSES 9/25/21
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LAUNCH DAY

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LAUNCH DAY - No more flying off of trailers!
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Wes Dumm, Kodiak, AK. PSES, 5/27/21

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David Sledge, Spokane, WA. CSES, 5/27/21

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Charlie Foldes, Sacramento, CA. PSES, 6/4/21
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Brent Rickheim, Coeur d'Alene, ID. CSES, 6/12/21
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Evan Lewton, Spokane, WA. CSES 6/24/2021
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Robert DeLaurentis, San Diego, CA. PSES 7/1/2021
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Craig O'Neal, Post Falls, ID. PSES 7/10/2021
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“Fitz” Fitzgerald, Larkspur, CO. CSES 7/16/21
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Easton Countryman, Kemmerer, WY. PSES 7/22/21
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Shane Rogers, Hayden, ID. PSES 7/29/21
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Dan Waters, Griffin, GA. CSES 8/6/2021
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Andrew Bates, Sandpoint, ID. PSES 8/12/2021
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Jeff Milton, San Diego, CA. PSES 8/12/2021.
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Kyle Coleman, Dover, ID. PSES 9/2/21
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Blaine Streeter, Houston, TX. PSES 9/25/21
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AND THAT'S A WRAP FOR THE 2021 FLOAT SEASON!



2020 Season

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How we do social distancing
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Michael Hansell, Colbert, WA. CSES 5/20/2020
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Jake Weber, Coeur d'Alene, ID. CSES 6/1/2020
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Anthony Lascano, Boise, ID. 10-hour advanced 6/11/2020
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Ryan Braden, Lake Tapps, WA. CSES 6/25/2020
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Jeff Teufel, Portland, OR. CSES 7/7/2020
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Sam Riggs; Austin, TX; CSES 7/22/2020
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Mike Huish; Salt Lake City, UT; PSES 7/30/2020
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Nick Lembo; Austin, TX; PSES 8/5/2020
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Scott Buck; Veradale, WA; PSES 8/31/2020
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Don Mullen; Purcellville, VA; CSES 9/9/2020
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Shane McKenna; Meridian, ID; CSES 9/25/2020
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Lesley Shaughnessy; Richardson, TX; CSES 9/29/2020
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Carl Natter; Bend, OR; CSES 9/26/20
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John Ball; College Place, WA; CSES 10/7/2020
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The final push of 2020 - we had to bring former planes and instructors out of retirement to get everyone done!
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5/1/2019 - First stop...Toby's Tavern, Noxon, MT.
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5/1/2019 - Launched
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4/30/2019 - Launching tomorrow
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Brian Fitzgerald's daughter gets a seaplane ride, from her daddy, after his checkride.
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Harry Keyes, already SES pilot. Time building flight to Priest Lake.
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6/5/2018 - Mother Goose
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5/28/2018 - Lunch at Cavanaugh Bay.
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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.
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5/11/2018 - A little formation flying on the way to Montana for checkrides. Calvin and Glenn.
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5/10/2018 - Calvin and Glenn splashing down at Noxon, MT for a burger at Toby's Tavern.
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4/26/2018 - Home! Scenic Bay, Bayview, ID
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4/26/2018 - In the air! Photo by Amber Phillips.
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4/26/2018 - Loaded up for a trailer take off.
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10/15/2017 - Wheels vs floats
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9/26/2017 - Gail of Toby's Tavern, Noxon, MT going for a ride.
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8/29/2017 - Lunch break at Toby's Tavern, Noxon, MT.
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8/19/2017 - Playing on the Chain Lakes by Harrison again.
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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.
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8/12/2017 - Trevor, working on initial Private Pilot Cert, at our favorite place to take a break on Lake Pend Oreille.
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8/3/2017 - Found. One stray dock bumper, with Amy.
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8/2/2017 - Friends up for a couple days to pass their SES checkride! Lisa, Glenn, Jared and Gary.
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8/1/2017 - Docking to a log at Upper Priest.
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Amy and Lisa; taking a break from Initial Private Pilot training for a hike at Maiden Rock on Lake Pend Oreille.
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Jake at Toby's, Noxon, MT, for the world's best burger.
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7/6/2017 - Camping with a seaplane on Cascade Lake, ID for WWAA (Women Wise Awesome Adventure 2017).
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4th of July at Odie's, Garfield Bay.
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John Vasilchin, an amazing new Commercial Single Engine Sea Pilot, and Lisa.
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Glassy water on Priest Lake
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Dover Bay Marina.
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Home Base, Lake Pend Oreille
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Lake Pend Oreille
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'Mooring' practice on a no wake buoy
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Confined area beaching
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Todd Sudick, Priest River, ID. PSES 5/25/2020
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Rob Calkins, Boulder, CO. CSES 6/3/2020
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Herb Jahnsen, Sandpoint, ID. PSES 6/20/2020
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Travis Baker, Portland, OR. CSES 7/3/2020.
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John Matzoll, Sacramento, CA. 25-hour advanced course and Epic Flight Pilot. 7/9/2020
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Phil "Spanky" Melton; Sandpoint, ID; PSES 7/24/2020
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Marshall Crew; Spokane, WA; PSES 7/30/2020
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Jeff Rich, Rockwell, TX; CSES 8/5/2020
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Deborah Earl; Sandpoint, ID; CSES 8/25/2020
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Brett Burnside; Hayden, ID; CSES 8/31/2020
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Temporary Priest River base due to wildfires; 9/6-9/28/2020
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Yvette Aguayo; Phoenix, AZ; 9/10/2020
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Kyle Koukol; Roseville, CA; CSES 10/6/2020
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Gregg Hovey; San Diego, CA; PSES 10/10/2020

2019 Seaplane Pilots

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Chris Le Fave, Caldwell, ID. T-6 Reno Air Race pilot. CSES 5/16/2019.
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'Amy Hoover, Ellensburg, WA and McCall, ID. CSES, 5/13/2019. Fun flying! Read her new book, 'Mountain, Canyon and Backcuntry Flying'!
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Philip Larson, Anchorage, AK. CSES 5/10/2019. Enroute home to Alaska to go to work.
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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
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10/14/2018 - MossY, NYC, NY. Jet mentor/instructor loving his time in the mountains.
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9/27/2018 - Jake Franz, CSES. On leave from the Navy. Starting F18 flight training in the next couple days!
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Chris Bolkan, Pasco, WA. Mostly experimental aircraft pilot. PSES, 9/22/2018.
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Brian Fitzgerald, CA., and family! CSES, 9/19/2018.
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Van Patten, Salem, OR. Ag pilot. CSES, 9/18/2018.
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Larry Cachiotti, Harrison, ID. PSES, 9/7/2018.
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Eric Page, Bremerton, WA. CSES, 9/7/2018.
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Joseph Krasnec, Dover, ID/Czechoslovakia. PSES, 9/5/2018.
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Ron Beck, TX. Chief Pilot Justin Boots. CSES 9/5/2018.
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Marcel LeBlanc, Sandpoint, ID. Quest pilot. CSES, 9/29/2018
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Sung Kim, CA. CSES 8/25/2018.
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Jason Chastain. Ag/SEAT pilot. CSES 8/21/2018
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Lt Barry Wilson, Naval Aviator. PSES 8/17/2018
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Chris Meyer, WA/AZ/TX. CSES 8/10/2018 +25 hour advanced course.
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Paul Carelli, Bonners Ferry, ID. Quest Aircraft Chief Pilot. CSES 8/8/2018.
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Mark Holmes. Salem, OR. Commercial SES. 7/24/2018.
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Kevin Plylar. CA. CSES. 7/25/2018.
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Gary Brook. CA. CSES. 7/24/2018
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Reg Hulbert. Dover, ID. CSES. 7/16/2018
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Ed Harris. CSES. 7/15/2018.
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Tom Herrman. Oregon. Private SES. 7/10/2018
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Jeffrey Machin. Washington. CSES. 7/9/2018
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Scott McKinley playing on the Clark Fork River. 7/5/2018.
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Mike Verstegen. Washington. Private SES. 7/6/2018.
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Mark Verstegen. CA. Private SES. 6/26/2018
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Hannah Smith. Rathdrum, ID. 6/12/2018.
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Juli-Anne Warrell. Park City, UT. Time building and stopping for a burger at Toby's Tavern, Noxon, MT. 5/31/2018.
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Tim Soper. Rathdrum, ID. Working on Commercial Single Engine Sea
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Kyle Karupiah - Bayview, ID. Working on his initial private pilot certificate.
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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.
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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!
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John Vasilchin from Las Vegas, NV - Returning for a burger at Toby's after adding a CSES last year.

2017 Seaplane Pilots

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Job, Scappose Oregon
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Joel; Bozeman, MT. Commercial SES, 10/9/2017. Now a proven 'English Proficient' Test Pilot.
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Bryce Fonda; Peru. Commercial SES, 10/4/2017. With Glenn and Dixie.
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Trevor; Coeur d'Alene, ID, soloed an airplane for the very first time! 9/17/2017.
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Craig; Reno, NV. Commercial SES 9/16/2017. (35)
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Dustin; Chandler, AZ. Commercial SES 9/16/2017
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Doug; Jerome, ID. Commercial SES for life after law enforcement. 9/5/2017.
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Casey; Guatemala. Building a seaplane and wanted to learn a little about flying...no license required where he's from.
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Travis; Leavenworth, KS. KC-135 pilot based at Fairchild AFB Spokane. Commercial SES 8/27/2017.
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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.
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Jake; Palm Dale, CA. Commercial SES, 8/18/2017. (30)
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Jim; Santa Barbara, CA. Private SES 8/18/2017. Now on to transition training in his newly acquired Beaver.
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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
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Ryan; Mobile, AL. Private SES, 8/16/2017.
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Steve; Syracuse, NY. Commercial SES, 8/10/2017.
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Will - Spokane, WA. Private SES, 8/6/2017. (25)
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Vaughn - Spirit Lake, ID. Commercial SES, 8/6/2017.
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Matthew - Race car driver from San Diego, CA. Intro SES flight, 8/3/2017.
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Jared; Moscow, ID. Commercial SES, 8/2/2017.
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Gary; Clarkston, WA. Private SES, 8/2/2017
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Josh - Nashville, TN
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Amy; First solo, Priest Lake, ID. August 1!
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Cory; Denver, CO. Private SES, 7/29/2017.
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Jake; Bethel Alaska, Commercial SES 7/25/2017, docking down current on the Clark Fork River. (20)
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Freddy; Birmingham Alabama, Commercial SES, 7/21/2017 at Bartoo Island on Priest Lake.
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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.
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Eva; WWAA (Woman Wise Awesome Adventure) at Cascade, ID. 7/9/2017
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Stacey; Austin Texas at WWAA at Cascade, ID. 7/8/2017
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Shelley; Kansas City, MO. 21 landings with Glenn at WWAA 2017.
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Arnar; Tuscaloosa, AL. Private SES. 7/3/2017
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Bill; Oakley, CA. Private SES, 6/30/2017
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John; Lockhart, TX. Private SES 6/24/2017
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Jim; Wynne, Arkansas. Private SES 6/23/2017. (15)
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Hunter; Seattle, WA. Private SES, 6/19/2017
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Matthias; Nordhausen, Germany. Beaching in WA. Private SES, 6/15/017.
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Chance; Willow Park, TX. Commercial SES. 6/12/2017
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Peter; Tampa Bay Florida. Just enjoying more flying, already SES rated.
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Jared; Liberty Lake, WA. Commercial SES. 6/4/2017
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Ben; Issaquah, WA. Commercial SES, 5/26/2017 (10)
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Doug; St Louis, MO.
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John Vasilchin; Las Vegas, NV. Viet Nam veteran/ F4 Phantom fighter pilot. Now also Commercial Single engine sea .
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Mark; Newman Lake, WA.
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Devin; Moscow, ID
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Elsbeth; Spirit Lake, ID w/ Lisa and Kathy. Priest Lake Sea Gals
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Kathy Amistoso; Spokane, WA at Upper Priest Lake.
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Mike; Spokane, WA. Already Com. SES, advancing in a new area/airplane before going to work in AK.
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Paul; Prescott, Wisconsin. Commercial SES (5)
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Jason; Coeur d'Alene, ID
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Anthony; Thorne Bay, Alaska
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Nate; Nome, Alaska
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Chris; Bozeman, MT

                         2016 Seaplane Pilots

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Vic
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Mark
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Steve
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Jim
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Tom
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Scott
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Sharki
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Barry
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Andrew
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Alex
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Neil
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Jack
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Andrew
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Alex
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Emma
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Geoffery
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Darin
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Chris
2015 Seaplane Pilots
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William
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Rob
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Zach
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Anne Initial Private Certificate
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Larry
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Pat
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John
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Gregory
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David
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Dave
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Tonya - Initial Private Pilot Certificate- Single Engine Sea
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Mike
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C.J.
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Samual
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Eric
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Greg
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Scott
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Michael
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Bobby
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Mike
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Larry
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Dustin
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Justin
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Pat
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Dan
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Amber
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Lisa
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John
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Sara
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Jerry
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Don

2014 Seaplane Pilots

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Mike
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Dan
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Perry
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James
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Mike
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Jennifer

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Justin
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Gary

2013 Seaplane Pilots
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Hollie
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Bill
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Colleen
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Mike
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Kyle
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Scott
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Devyn
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Dave

 

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Buzz

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Randy
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