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Getting a sea plane rating in Orlando
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My name is Jens, and I come from Denmark
I have only been flying since 2002, getting a PPL (private pilot license) in October that year.
Learning the ropes in a small Cessna 150, I moved to flying a Cessna 177RG (with retraceable gear).
In that plane I took my first trip overseas to the Nordkap in the very north of Norway, where the sun is up 24 hours in the summer.
The year after I had a trip to Ireland, and the next year a trip from Las Vegas sightseeing in The Grand Canyon in the USA.
In 2005 I went to Florida to get an instrument rating. At this time the idea of travelling further had taken form, and I realised that it was essential to have a rating, that allows me to fly guided by instruments only.
In 2006 I went back to Florida to get a commercial rating – and a rating for a twin engine aircraft - and a rating for a sea plane!
So I feel prepared to undertake trips around the world; it’s a challenge but it can be done – others have done it before me!
I have no noble cause to promote - and no sponsors. I will try to keep a log book of my travels - and I guess it will mostly be of interest to other general aviation pilots?
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| Midsummer 2005 in Odense Denmark |
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Miami Beach
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Flying north of Orlando
A rocket on its way to Pluto, viewed
over left wing.
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Florida Keys
