Seaplane Operations: Florida
Descrption:
Florida is one of the most seaplane friendly states in the United States. Opportunities to fly seaplanes are everywhere in Florida from great salt water flying in the Florida Keys to amazing amount of inland lakes in Central Florida to salt and fresh water flying in the northeast of the state. Flying in South Florida can be more difficult as the inter coastal waterway is controlled by various local governments and development along the waterway makes it difficult to safely operate seaplanes in it. Pretty much any body of water is open to... Read in full
Bill has created a new tour for us. This one will really big nice this winter if you get cold. Check out the nice sand beaches along the way.
Here is the text of his tour:
Mirage is looking at opening routes in the Seychelles Islands and are looking for some pilots to head down there to scout out the area for us. We have a list of islands that we want you to fly to, 16 in total. When you are there, we would like you to look at want the area has... Read in full
Flanked by two mountain ranges that make up about 80% of the territory, the Andes mountains to the east-natural border with Bolivia and Argentina in the region of Atacama and the Coastal Range west-minor height from the Andes. Chile's highest peak is the Nevado Ojos del Salado, at 6891.3 m, which is also the highest volcano in the world. Among the coastal mountains and the Pacific is a series of coastal plains, of variable length, which allow the settlement of coastal towns and big ports.
This tour will take you from the northern most airport to... Read in full
NOTAM to ALL Pilots
There is a new revised CRB in our download section - https://flymirageva.org/index.php/Downloads
Please be sure to get this version before you submit a request for schedules added to our database. The version is v1.2.1 dated 4/23/2021.
Let us know if you find any problems with it.
Thanks,
Jerry
On 4/20/2021 MEC031 Tom Taylor has gone beyond the 10,000 hour mark. We have created a new award for this accomplishment. He was awarded a plaque also for being the first pilot to reach this level. What makes it more awesome is these hours are 100% Mirage hours. Along the way he has amassed a huge number of tour completions also.
Congratulations Tom, well done.
