Seaplane Ops in the Lake Buccaneer

Here is a series of great videos from our latest Single Engine Seaplane SES operations on the Colorado River during pilot flight training at Sheble Aviation for a commercial single engine land and sea rating.

Seaplane Rating in the Desert with Sheble Aviation

Do you need to build your complex time for your commercial rating?  Have you thought about doing just that in a seaplane?

For the money you are spending to build your complex time, you could do your seaplane and commercial training at the same time.  Sheble Aviation offers a training package where you earn your commercial license for land and sea – instead of just commercial land.  Contact us for more information and availability.

Derwood Legenza, CFI , CFI – Glider and Seaplane

Initial CFI Accelerated Training

I teach Initial CFI applicants at our Kingman location and currently have four students. It is amazing to see the transformation of these pilots into instructors.  Our CFI course is second-to-none and most of the instructors at Sheble’s are graduates of this exact program.

Initial CFI accelerated training is intense and thorough and I recommend that students prepare before they arrive by doing a couple of things.  First they should have both of the written tests completed.  There is a lot of knowledge that will be gained by taking those tests that I can add to when you arrive and this helps the training go faster. Second, I would say you need commercial knowledge and abilities.  Practice maneuvers, takeoffs and landings, slow-flight, and stalls.  The more proficient you are, the faster the training goes. If at all possible, try to get some right-seat-time.

There is a lot of material to cover with every student and it will keep you busy while you’re here. With hard work, focus, dedication, and an open mind we can help you achieve your dreams of being a teacher in the sky.

UPDATE:

Of those four students that I was training three of them are now finished with their practical tests and all three passed!  Good work, gentilemen!

Seaplane Rating on the Colorado

Last week we ran two seaplane ratings in consecutive days.  Pilot training is our business and we do it well.  The best approach for getting your seaplane rating is to do the single engine sea on the first day followed by the multi engine sea on the next two.

Flying the smaller Super Cub first allows for the pilot to grasp on the overall operation in a smaller single engine type aircraft.  Conducting multiple takeoffs, landing and taxing operations on day one followed by the checkride itself makes for a much smoother transition to day two.

Although Sheble Air doesn’t require this order of checkout it is highly recommended based on their 30 + years experience flying these aircraft.