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Arksey(at)aol.com
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:54 pm Post subject: float planes

Hello group,

    You fellows flying and talking about flying  Kolb's on floats brings me back to my thoughts as grandson Kendall and myself  were bringing the firestar back from Oklahoma with him doing the flying and I  the driving.  When we went thru the lake of the Ozarks, over the Missouri  and Mississippi rivers I thought to myself what a wonderful thing it would be to  fly these major river systems with a kolb on floats, this I expressed to kendall  in a discussion we had about the subject. I have got to believe a person would  see some wonderful country, meet some interesting people and have plenty of  places to land...has anyone done it or had such thoughts?

  

 jim swan FS II

 Michigan

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rlaird

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 373
Location: Houston

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:42 am Post subject: float planes

Jim --



That's something I've thought about too... I owned a seaplane for a

couple of years and really wanted to do something like that, but never

got around to it.  Mostly it was just work, and stuff, getting in the

way, but part of it was the issue of landing on water in different

political areas...  Each state has different rules about where you can

land... in some states, it's okay to land anywhere with certain

exceptions... in other states, it's NOT okay to land anywhere except

and airport, with a few exceptions.  So, to travel cross-country with

the intention of landing on different bodies of water, you'd have to

be careful about the rules/regs of each plane.  Most federal waterways

are out of bounds, too, for seaplane activity.



The Seaplane Pilots Association (seaplanes.org) has a directory that

helps with this kind of situation, so if you ever decide to do this,

I'd strongly recommend you join SPA and get their directory.



Now, having said all that, I've had lots of experience landing small

ultralights in all kinds of places, and it's been rare that I've ever

had a problem with the locals... in fact, usually the opposite... they

are usually friendly as all get out, but occasionally you run across

someone that got up on the wrong side of life.  But I'd imagine if you

set about to do a cross-country with an amphibious ultralight, that

you'd find all kinds of nice people... even law enforcement is pretty

level-headed about UL flyers.



Good luck to you with your new Kolb!



  -- Robert

On 8/31/06, Arksey(at)aol.com <Arksey(at)aol.com> wrote:

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 Hello group,

    You fellows flying and talking about flying Kolb's on floats brings me

 back to my thoughts as grandson Kendall and myself were bringing the

 firestar back from Oklahoma with him doing the flying and I the driving.

 When we went thru the lake of the Ozarks, over the Missouri and Mississippi

 rivers I thought to myself what a wonderful thing it would be to fly these

 major river systems with a kolb on floats, this I expressed to kendall in a

 discussion we had about the subject. I have got to believe a person would

 see some wonderful country, meet some interesting people and have plenty of

 places to land...has anyone done it or had such thoughts?



 jim swan FS II

 Michigan

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formerly: MkIIIc w/ 912ULS & Gyrobee
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Steve Boetto

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 364

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:32 am Post subject: float planes

In a message dated 8/31/2006 1:55:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, Arksey(at)aol.com writes:

 

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		  I have got to believe a person would see some wonderful country, meet some interesting people and have plenty of places to land...has anyone done it or had such thoughts?

   

 jim swan FS II

  Michigan

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 Jim,

 Cross Country is possible but consider that conditions at your proposed landing destination are subject to more volatile changes than airports. My suggestion for travel in an ultralight on floats would be to trailer your UL in an enclosed trailer and unload and explore simply by launching at a boat ramp.

 But then, look what John H accomplished years ago in his Firestar.

 

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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:05 am Post subject: float planes

Thanks for your input Robert....good info...will check it out. I am  75 years old and may not get to it, but sure would be a interesting trip..mowed  the runway today and when the wind goes down a bit will get the firestar in the  air ..

  

 j swan

 michigan

  

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