{"id":329,"date":"2013-01-07T11:34:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T19:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/?p=329"},"modified":"2013-01-07T12:04:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T20:04:55","slug":"new-year-new-ases-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/new-year-new-ases-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, new ASES pilots!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy New Year, everyone!<\/p>\n

I realize I’m sending you these greetings several days after 2013 got off to a start. Hey, it’s never too late to send friendly good wishes!<\/p>\n

We’ve been busy around Lake Union. We recently had two fellows finish up their airplane single-engine sea ratings, and I’m really happy for them!<\/p>\n

Here’s Franz, who is also a helicopter pilot here in the Seattle area. He can now call himself a seaplane pilot, too!<\/p>\n

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Franz and “mini-Toby”<\/p><\/div>\n

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And my new friend Nat, who traveled here all the way from New York City, just to learn how to fly a seaplane.<\/p>\n

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My friend Nat and his CFI, James. Tall Guys!!<\/p><\/div>\n

Pilots: here’s an idea for a New Year’s Resolution – a seaplane rating! Or, if you’re already ASES-rated, how about a refresher? You could come fly with us and earn your SeaWings, which is the FAA’s Wings program tailored for seaplanes<\/a>. It takes the place of your Biennial Flight Review (BFR) and is super-cool besides. (and don’t be distracted by the “this notice expired in Dec 2010” on the FAA website – that notice expired, not the SeaWings program. \u00c2\u00a0Government-speak, sigh…<\/p>\n

I congratulate Franz and Nat, and I hope to see YOU in 2013!!<\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/em>
\nToby James<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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