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SportPilot wrote:I just finished flying 3.4 hours plus 1.5 hours of ground at Jack Brown's Seaplane Base today. Tomorrow I should finish up the dual training and have an endorsement ride. It is lots of fun, but lots of work for a 66 year old dude. I'm worn out.
Can't be any worst than an initial DC-9 captain checkout. . . .
So, have you learned to keep the dry side up and the wet side down?
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Prof H Paul Shuch
PhD CFII DPE LSRM-A/GL/WS/PPC iRMT
AvSport LLC, KLHV [email protected]
AvSport.org
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Congratulations! Now, you should join Seaplane Pilot's Association. They're a really great bunch of folks.
The opinions posted are those of one CFI, and do not necessarily represent the FAA or its lawyers.
Prof H Paul Shuch
PhD CFII DPE LSRM-A/GL/WS/PPC iRMT
AvSport LLC, KLHV [email protected]
AvSport.org
facebook.com/SportFlying
SportPilotExaminer.US
Congrats! Do be advised though, unlike what was stated earlier in this thread, a sport pilot seaplane add-on endorsement does NOT count as a flight review. You still need one of those.
The problem is that 61.56(d) requires that in order for a checkride to count as a flight review it must be given by a DPE. A flight review can only be given by a CFI if you are already rated in the aircraft when you take the flight, which you were not. You can go up for an additional hour in the floatplane with the CFI after the proficiency check and do an additional hour of ground with him also at that point and have that count as your flight review, but the proficiency check itself does not count.
I brought this problem to the attention of AOPA about a year ago and they are working on a rule fix with the FAA.
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