Tomorrow morning we formally start the new Float Plane training course. Alberto will be here from Monterrey, Mexico as our first “victim”. The forecast is favorable so hopefully all will go well and he will be ready for his checkride by the end of the week. The Examiner is already scheduled so we need to make it happen. It should be fun!
The last of the Alaska “No Reservations” seminars wrapped up last Friday in San Antonio. I had over 50 pilots attend the session and everyone had lots of kind comments and many questions. Thanks to Gary Stamper, FAASTearm Manager of the San Antonio FSDO for hosting Friday’s session. We may do a couple of additional seminars later this fall, but in the meantime, I have promised to update the Alaska Blog with some more of the stories, photos and videos from the trip Also, I’ve promised to include some posts on “lessons learned” and a few thoughts on the risks and rewards of our amazing adventure. I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank all the pilots who took the time to follow our progress, attend the seminars and who cared enough to call and e-mail with thoughts, ideas, suggestions and comments. All of you added immensely to the joy we experienced. I look forward to continuing the discussion and the adventure.
As we move into the fall flying season, there are many events on the calendar. The AOPA Summit is coming to Ft. Worth next month. The Redbird Skyport Migration happens in October as well. Fly-ins and Camp Outs are planned as well. It should be a great time to get in the air. Let’s go fly somewhere with no reservations.
Ken Wittekiend is an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner, professional flight instructor, aircraft owner and founder of ProMark Aviation Services, a flight training company based in Burnet, Texas.
Ken is a commercial pilot with over 11,000 hours of experience in a wide variety of general aviation aircraft. He began flying in 1970 while attending the University of Texas at Austin.