SEAPLANE

TRAINING

Rainbow Airways

District of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada

	Learning to fly a seaplane is an exhilarating experience. We invite you to train with us at our seaplane base on Snakeskin Lake. Your training will be given on wilderness lakes with experienced, working bush pilots. The Seaplane base is twenty five miles north of Parry Sound, near the village of Ardbeg. Our ten and fifteen hour Seaplane Bush Course is designed to give you the skill and knowledge to operate safely in a bush environment. This course is comprehensive and includes the following:

_{Ground School:}

^{Float Construction &
Design}
^{Seaplane Terminology}
^{Center of Buoyancy}
^{Handling Characteristics}
^{Wilderness Survival}
^{Safety Equipment}
^{First Aid}
^CARS
^{Accident Bulletin Review}
^{Dangerous Good}

^{Flight Training:}

^{Taxiing & Docking}
^{Take off & Landing}
^{Sailing & Paddling}
^{Glassy Water Operations}
^{Remote Lakes}
^{Emergencies on Water

( be prepared to swim)}
^{Flying with a Canoe}
^{Use of Emergency Equip.}

The fifteen hour bush course prepares the commercial pilot for his first bush flying job. This course is also ideal for the recreational pilot who is interested in operating a Seaplane in wilderness areas. Upon completion you are given a certificate of achievement and help, if required, in preparing a resume

Cost

Ten hour bush course and five hours of ground school. . . . . . . . . .$1,500.00 (plus tax)
Fifteen hour bush course and five hours of ground school. . . . . . $2,230.00 (plus tax).

Accommodation

Accommodation can be arranged in a nearby cottage, or in Parry Sound. You can combine your seaplane training with a short vacation amongst the natural beauty of the inland lakes and rivers of the Parry Sound wilderness area. When you are not flying you can go fishing, hiking, canoeing.

For pilots who have purchased a Seaplane we can arrange a course to meet your requirements.

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