Woke up this morning with a txt offering a seat on the local seaplane tour caravan. Caravan on amphibs is on my bucket list to fly and this ride confirmed it. Great operation Desert Splash Adventures operates out of Scottsdale during the winter. They are part of island air up in AK that operates scheduled ifr seaplane service.

Thanks to Rob for fueling the stoke on getting my commercial ses add on!

What Resevoir are you in? I like the aerial picture.

Landed in Roosevelt. Picture is of Apache or maybe Canyon.. there is a series of them.

http://www.desertsplashadventures.com/

You guys have it wired big time! If you need any help let know! Great ship!

8GCBC wrote:You guys have it wired big time! If you need any help let know! Great ship!

Yes they do. I was grateful enough to be asked to fill an empty seat. Rob, the pilot, has been really helpful in answering all my questions about float flying etc..

29singlespeed wrote:

8GCBC wrote:You guys have it wired big time! If you need any help let know! Great ship!

Yes they do. I was grateful enough to be asked to fill an empty seat. Rob, the pilot, has been really helpful in answering all my questions about float flying etc..

I got your email, I should be headed that way on the 25th to relive Rob of that machine. Hopefully headed out with it on the 28th.

...Loved flying the Caravan on amphibs. So much fun that I'm surprised it was legal! Fueling on the "hard" without single point refueling was a bit of a pain though. Still...worth it!

northernguy wrote:...Loved flying the Caravan on amphibs. So much fun that I'm surprised it was legal! Fueling on the "hard" without single point refueling was a bit of a pain though. Still...worth it!

Yeah, I think I officially have the bug. SES addon this summer with I hope about 20-25 hrs of flight time in AK. Figure out how to get some more float time and release the golden handcuffs and try to become a float bum.

You are aware that there is no cure? You have been warned

northernguy wrote:You are aware that there is no cure? You have been warned

That's OK. Just have to figure out how to make it all work to build time while living in Phoenix. Been contemplating an S7 on amphibs, but we like to go places in the plane with dogs/bikes.