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ALASKA FLOAT RATINGS REVIEWS
Articles and Videos by AFR students
STUDENT MAGAZINE ARTICLES

WHY GET YOUR SEAPLANE RATING?
A couple of weeks ago I got my seaplane rating (SES) at Alaska Float Ratings in Moose Pass, Alaska. It was the best flying experience I've ever had!
BY KAREN

GOT MY RATING
BackcountryPilot.Org
Alaska Floatplane Rating Course in Moose Pass
This turned out to be one of the best flying experiences I've ever had!
BY YORK

MY EXPERIENCE AT AFR
Blythewood, SC - Instrument Rated Private Pilot – 350 hours
As I was preparing for my trip to Moose Pass, Alaska, to learn how to fly float planes I told several of my flying friends in South Carolina about my upcoming adventure.
BY Jon Rashleigh

ALASKA ON FLOATS
Flyer, March 2009, www.flyer.co.uk
For some floatplane time, Mike had recommended contacting Alaska Float Ratings at Moose Pass, down the Kenai Peninsula.
BY DEREK & MORAG JONES

COME, FLY ALASKA
Moose Pass is a wide spot in the road in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, 29 miles north of Seward. Vern's floatplane school sits on the south edge of Upper Trail Lake on an airflow crossroads of glacial valleys, mountain peaks and turquoise water lakes of all sizes and altitudes.
BY JAMES CRAIG

READ THE WATEr,
FLOATPLANE FLYING IN ALASKA
In Alaska, these powerful forces created the extraordinary topography of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. Mother Nature had also created one of Earth's most challenging and spectacular aviation environments.
BY Patrick Mathews

"I don't really need a float rating," I told him when he first proposed it. "But I would like to get bush-flying experience in Alaska, especially short-field landings with real obstacles."
BY Barbara Rowell

ADDING A SEAPLANE RATING
BY David Wimer
I recommend Alaska Float Ratings highly. I know there are many quality instructors out there, but in my mind they are top’s there in Moose Pass.
FLOATPLANE HEAVEN
Crista V. Worthy is the managing editor of Pilot Getaways magazine and editor of The Flyline, the monthly publication of the Idaho Aviation Association.

BY CRISTA V. WORTHY
SEAPLANE RATING,
IN MOOSE PASS
BY Mario Simoes
During your training, you will have had the opportunity to fly in one of the most beautiful and challenging places in the world. You will not regret it!

ADVENTURE:
FLY AND SOAR
BY MAWGAN GRACE
Alaska Float Ratings there's no going back for Mawgan Grace as he discovers the thrill of flying floatplanes...

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