Lavion Aero now offers seaplane rating flight training! Based at nearby Dumont Lake it’s conveniently located in an area with numerous lakes around. There’s few things more fun and exciting than flying off water. The training in this aircraft is for existing pilots only but it’s a relatively easy add-on to your current license. Training consists of mostly water operations: normal, glassy water, rough water and confined space take-off’s and landings, step taxi and turns, slow taxi, docking, mooring and beaching, surveying landing sites, securing the aircraft, effects of wind on the plane. In the air, particular emphasis is put on slow flight, steep turns and stalls. Most current pilots take 6-8 hours to complete the rating. Checkride with a DPE is per the current FAA ACS (private or commercial), and consists of an oral and flight exam. There is no written exam required.