Product Description

Written for pilots who want to fly airplanes that can take off and land from water, this resource provides tips for experienced seaplane pilots as well as requirements for getting certified as a seaplane pilot. All the tasks a pilot must demonstrate during the checkride to receive a seaplane certificate are covered in detail, including preflight preparations, taxiing, sailing, seaplane base and airport operations, takeoffs and landings, and emergency operations. The FAA practical test standards are included as an appendix.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #873646 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 398 pages

About the Author
Dale De Remer is the author of Seaplane Operations, Water Flying Concepts, and Global Navigation for Pilots. He is a professor emeritus of aviation at the University of North Dakota's Center for Aerospace Sciences. He also teaches advanced wilderness seaplane pilot courses. He lives in Florence, Oregon.

Customer Reviews

Seaplane Pilot - The Ultimate Seaplane Resource
A world-class work of art by a giant of the aviation sciences, SEAPLANE PILOT by Prof. Dale DeRemer, Ph.D., is the ultimate seaplane resource for seaplane-student and -pilot alike. By any metric, you will quickly find that SEAPLANE PILOT eclipses the other available texts - not surprising given DeRemer's remarkable credentials and track-record.

A review of this tome quickly made me acutely aware of the practical, indeed essential information that I missed during my seaplane training. No doubt, this essential text will accelerate and improve your training, air- and seamanship, and generally expand your aviation horizons!

Prof. DeRemer writes with remarkable clarity and purpose. The scope of topics and depth of coverage of such topics are extensive. Even the technical details do not obscure and confuse (you'll also learn some new V speeds that may save your skin). It will keep your interest.

The vast collection of photographs adds excitement and painlessly helps convey good techniques (including, for example, 17 color photos plus 12 diagrams about tying knots, and, would you believe, photos of a floatplane departing on "roller skates!"). Many practical tables embellish the work product (for example, full page tables entitled Summary of Takeoff Types and Surface Wind Force Table).

Enjoy SEAPLANE PILOT, you will treasure it for the years to come.

MICHAEL S. BAUM, JD, MBA, CISSP