Title:
Pizza Night - SEAPLANES!
Topic:
Improve your flying skills with a seaplane rating. What does it have to do with Airplane Land flying?
Speaker(s):
Brian Grant, Brian Tesar
Brief Description:
Longtime Wings of Carolina Flying Club members Brian Tesar and Brian Grant earned their “airplane single engine sea” add-on ratings at a popular seaplane base in Winter Haven, FL in early November 2019.
Here is an overview of what it is like to earn a seaplane rating in a vintage Piper J-3 Cub on straight floats. Among the topics of discussion are the anatomy of a float and all the various maneuvers that a pilot is expected to demonstrate on the ASES check ride.
Techniques for land pilots find useful for the safe operation of their airplanes: operating a “NORDO”, or "no radio" aircraft in busy airspace, all the ways to “read” the wind speed and direction by looking at a body of water from above.
Speaking of wind, operating a seaplane on the water requires a higher level of awareness of the wind. Have you ever heard of “reverse weathervaning”?
Location of Seminar:
Wings of Carolina Flying Club
702 Rod Sullivan Road
Sanford, NC 27330
Directions to Venue:
Enter airport grounds on Rod Sullivan Road. Turn right on Ammons Farm Road, keep chain link fence and airport beacon on your left. Turn left at gate with Wings of Carolina yellow direction sign with red lettering. Parking lot in front of and next to the Wings of Carolina Flying Cluib. For Fly In aircraft, parking is available on ramp in front of Wings of Carolina Flying Club or ramp area in front of FBO.
When flying in, park in any of the spots with tiedown ROPES
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Seating:
Seminar has been cancelled.
Registration Information:
Seminar has passed.
Sponsoring Division:
FSDO
Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
Sponsored by Wings of Carolina Flying Club
Equal Access Information:
The FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) is committed to providing equal access to this meeting/event for all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because of a disability, please communicate your request as soon as possible with the person in the “Contact Information” area of the meeting/event notice. Note that two weeks is usually required to arrange services.
Credit Applicability:
1 Credit for Basic Knowledge Topic 1
FAASTeam Project Information:
National Project:
Any other Operations task not covered in the NPP
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