Welcome to FloatSafety Seaplane Training!

Established in the summer of 2005, FloatSafety Seaplane Training strives to bring you the most comprehensive and professional floatplane training available.

Our goal is to instill our students with the ability to make safe and sound decisions in addition to solid floatplane flying skills. We achieve this by combining practical "real world" floatplane training with a comprehensive 4 hour classroom seminar.

We offer a variety of services in addition to the seaplane endorsement. You may be interested in more advanced training for a professional floatplane career or to meet insurance requirements for your own private aircraft. Maybe you would just like to try flying a floatplane while getting in some sightseeing. We will tailor your training to meet your needs.

We also offer a ride-along session in a Harbour Air Beaver to the Gulf Islands from Vancouver Harbour. This is an invaluable experience for any pilot to see first hand a "day in the life" of a west coast Beaver pilot. It costs $149 CAD and you can get more info here at Harbour Air Seaplanes. Make sure to call us so we can arrange a front seat for you. phone 604.952.4635

Rates

These are our current 2007 rates;

Aircraft Rate Dual:	$240/hr
Pre/Post Flight Ground Briefing	$40/hr
Seminar and Training Manual:	$100
Transport Canada Endorsement Fee:	$30
	All prices Canadian $

Please look around our site, if you have any questions please contact us.

Here's a little Seaplane History

The allure of the seaplane began before there were any seaplanes. In the early 1900's groups of engineers were working toward the world's first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers managed to pull it off first on December 17, 1903. Many subsequent flights and designs of aircraft followed in the wake of their historic accomplishment.

Being that the earth's surface is more than 70% covered in water, almost immediately (if not before) the race to build the first seaplane was met. By 1910 a frenchman named Henri Fabre completed the first seaplane flight in Martigues France in his design called "Le Canard" (the duck) pictured here. This was followed closely by designs from familiar aviation names like Curtiss and Boeing. Larger and larger flying boats were built and it seemed, for a time, that the seaplane was destined to become the world's preferred mode of transport. By the late 1930's advancing engineering technology and the proliferation of land based airstrips rang the death knell for transatlantic seaplane operators.

The seaplane then took on a new role. In Canada, access to most communities was only possible by floatplane. Initially these planes were converted landplanes with floats attached. It was in the late 1940's that deHavilland Canada came up with the first true bush plane, the DHC-2 Beaver. It was followed by the Otter and the Twin Otter. It is widely accepted that these aircraft are the best floatplanes ever built and are a source of great pride for Canadians.