Seaplane Flying

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.

2018 Seaplane Pilots

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!

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.