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and one should be on floats...

That is exactly what I was thinking.

In the last 4-5 years I've seen them for sale for anywhere from $2000 to $5000:eek:. I paid $2K for everything. Some people love them some hate them. You hear a lot of pilots talk about having fuel in the cabin and potential leaks or worse in a crash. Valid concerns I suppose, but then again...

We installed it so that it can be removed if not needed. We put quick disconnects on the drain, supply and pump wiring. It can be taken out in about twenty minutes.

I had been looking for one for several years when this one turned up in Spokane. It was in a 175 that had a hangar door fall on it, crushing it from the boot cowl forward. I called many boneyards over a fairly long period of time before one turned up. I have talked to Griggs and they...

If you listen to the tower tapes the crew was advised of the wind several times and it was a quartering tailwind. They were asked if they were okay with it and they said they were, strange. The wind was something like 260/16G21. I thought they crew member on the radio sounded really tired, I...

I really don't know why they didn't land into the wind on the longer runway.

I’m in Wasilla, Anderson Lake.

Short, wet runway with a strong gusty quartering tailwind. Not a recipe for success. A fellow pilot posted the audio of the incident and it sounded like the controllers were not sure about the situation. They mentioned the wind many times and asked a few times if the crew was okay with the...

Would not have wanted to be going the other direction. That's a Litton 72 in a B-747-200 by the way.

Oh, welcome to POA from Alaska!:cheerswine:

Started at 16, PPL on my 17th birthday. Forty years and 20K+ hours later I'm still at it. The most important thing is to stay focused and remember it isn't a race.

'Yotes are more common than you might think, I've even seen them at Kennedy.

What a great story, thanks for sharing it.

I recall that the French put one over on the Soviets years ago when the TU-144 was being developed. The French knew they had a spy in the program so they began feeding him false information, which he dutifully returned to Mother Russia. One of the false items was the rubber compound formula for...

If you find yourself in Hong Kong, check out Fat Angelo's. They put out a very nice "traditional" Thankgiving dinner for American expats. I took my crew and another Captain there about six years ago, very nice experience. The other Captain and I had their biggest Porterhouse, the three FO's...

Pretty hard to land at Caribou Lake on wheels...

There is more to life than flying upside down. It doesn't take long to switch back and forth between wheels and floats. Sometimes you need a floatplane more than a marginal aerobatic airplane.

I'm actually considering putting a Citabria on floats. My only reservation is the wood spar thing.

You aren't ruined forever until you've flown a Cessna 180.