ASA Notes of a Seaplane Instructor
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Manufacturer Part Number: NSI-2-PD
ASA Notes of a Seaplane Instructor(eBook PD)
General Description
ASA Notes of a Seaplane Instructor - is a distillation of all the tips, techniques and procedures of a veteran flyer and teacher, in an accessible and informative format. Author Burke Mees has an affinity for the "feel of the floats on the water" and how to communicate it in writing, as well as a sensible, professional approach which lends a truly "one-on-one" aspect to reading his book.
All the seaplane maneuvers are covered, starting with preflight, proceeding through taxiing, takeoff, landing, and postflight procedures; also operating in various water conditions, stability of the aircraft on the water, step-taxi and -turn, and much more. Many illustrations, taken from and inspired by the author's own original flight instruction notebook sketches, help to further explain the concepts. In this new second edition, Burke provides even more notes on technique and performance particular to the world of floatplanes, with a special emphasis on safety and the best kind of pilot decision-making processes that keep seaplanes flying. The Second Edition also features an added chapter on multi-engine seaplane flying, and an appendix with notes on "pumping the floats" and "ropes and splicing."
What is it like to fly single-engine float planes? How do pilots develop and then hone their water-flying skills? What techniques apply to both landplanes and seaplanes, and which ones belong in only one realm? The answers to these questions comprise a unique approach to seaplane flying, in a book that reveals what floatplane mastery is really all about. Notes of a Seaplane Instructor offers insights to all pilots, from already-rated seaplane pilots to those looking to experience the benefits and pleasures of seaplane flying for the first time.
In these pages, readers will learn:
- How seaplane preflight inspections differ from those in landplanes
- Normal, glassy and rough-water takeoff techniques
- Flight characteristics of seaplanes
- Seaplane landing skills, in a wide variety of water conditions
- Water handling and sailing techniques
- Advanced operations, including density altitude, weight-and-balance, and performance considerations particular to seaplanes, along with examples of restricted terrain operations
- Details on operating amphibious floatplanes, with explanations of both the benefits and drawbacks.
- Multiengine seaplane operations
- Pumping the floats
- Ropes and splicing
“The book is full of hard-won knowledge that any seaplane pilot, novice or veteran, can learn from. I wish I had this book back when I was learning to fly seaplanes." —from the Foreword to the Second Edition
| Edition | Second |
| Page Count | 204 |
| Illustrations | Black and white |
| ISBN Number | 978-1-64425-127-0 |
| Copyright | © 2005-2022 Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. All rights reserved. |
| Date Published | 2005 |
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Author Burke Mees was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, but spent most of his career flying commercially in Alaska. In 1994 he took a summer job over the phone flying seaplanes in Juneau and never managed to leave. He went on to fly in the Aleutian Islands and later moved to Anchorage, where now resides.
His first experience flying tailwheel airplanes was as a young flight instructor when he got a checkout in a 1946 Aeronca Champ for the express purpose of teaching a 69-year-old woman to fly it. When he moved to Anchorage, he started flying skis both privately and for hire, which included flying reporters along the Iditarod trail, providing instruction for ski checkouts and flying on the local mountain glaciers.
“For me, flying has always been a matter of honest work, but it is also something that I enjoy. I look at it as an art that can continually be refined, and flight instructing has always been a way to do that. There’s no better way to explore a topic in aviation than to organize your thoughts and teach it to someone else. Currently my day job is flying as a 737 Captain in Alaska, but I still keep my CFI current and do some instructing on the side.”
