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#74 - My Martin Mars holiday extravaganza!

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#73 - I'M GOING TO (see the) MARS!!

Parked up atop the ramp at her home in Sprout Lake since the 2016 Oshkosh Airshow, the Mars will soon fly once more. This will be an historic event. One of the last times

#72 - Around Australia in a Searey with David and Cathy

Responding to an advert on Facebook, Cathy Babis is joining David Geers on a journey around Australia in his Searey amphibian, taking around 60 days with many incredible

#71 - Seabee Owner and Former Fighter Pilot Jim Whalley

Last year in the month of April, I embarked on what would end up being one of the most exciting weeks of my aviation career, training 7 highly experienced pilots how to f

#70 - 23yo Aussie Flying Floats in Alaska, Ollie O'Halloran

Every seaplane pilot has dreamt of doing this at one stage, packing their suitcase, requesting an upgrade to business but getting shafted in economy for 14 hours, ok mayb

#69 - John Ramsden and Mallard's, Twin Otters, Buccaneers and the rest!

A self-confessed lucky bugger who answered a phone call back in the early 80’s that changed the direction of his career forever, John Ramsden took that opportunity and ha

#68 - Icon A5 Dealer Gary-James Knight

Gary was halfway through his flight training for his commercial licence when his dream of becoming an airline pilot changed. He discontinued his training, became a real-e

#67 - My wife Jenna Bolton! Helicopter Pilot and Mallard Business Manager

Jenna was once a helicopter pilot but is now the business manager of the Mallards I fly… yes yes yes, that makes her my boss, but she’s a great boss, well really a leader

#66 - Gweduck Flying Boat with Walter Fellows

When anyone talks about twin engine flying boats, they think of the Grumman aircraft, the Goose, Widgeon, Mallard and Albatross. Yes ok, there are others, the Catalina fo

#65 - Katie Cowley's Career So Far

She has chased jobs around the world, and is now in a small commuter airline, but has some great stories to tell from her experiences in the seaplane world. Katie is a ve

#64 - The Turbine Albatross with Amphibian Aerospace Industries CEO Dan Webster

There’s been a lot of talk lately about this project, with news articles, videos and multiple interviews available online and with any ambitious project such as this, the

#63 - Seaplane Insurance with Ian Tait

Ian discusses how insurance works and specifically insurance in the seaplane world. It’s a conversation a little bit different than the normal but I’m sure you will all l

#62 - South Coast Seaplanes Owner Tim Gilbo

His company, South Coast Seaplanes operate Maule aircraft on the South Coast, of NSW Australia, and Tim talks about how he got to where he is today which certainly wasn’t

#61 - Aviat Husky Seaplane Dealer Kevin Oaks

Kevin was also a sales manager at Progressive Aerodyne selling the Searey Aircraft and is also representing the Seabear Russian built twin engine flying boat made famous

#60 - Old Pilot Bold Pilot Blaine Bjarnarson

Blaine has written a book about his life called Old Pilot Bold Pilot and I have included links to his facebook page in the show notes, but before reading about his career

#59 - Dr Ben Williams, Private Seaplane Owner

Working full time as an orthopaedic surgeon, Ben is the owner of 2 aircraft, it was three only a few months ago, and has a great passion for aviation and seaplanes. It is

#58 - Flying Boat Film Creator Dirk Braun

Ok onto todays guest. For a while now, Instagram has been in awe of the content being produced by the account “Flying Boat Film”, but we didn’t know what it was all about

#57 - Seaplanes at EAA AirVenture 2021

Oshkosh 2021 is upon us now and one of the coolest parts of the show is obviously the seaplane base! If you’ve never been before, like me, or you’re gearing up to go, Ste

#56 - Grumman Widgeon Owner Mike Rutter

Mike Rutter is a young American who has restored a Grumman Widgeon left in a hangar for over 20 years waiting for its next owner. Taking over 3 years to complete, he now

#55 - New Zealand Radial Otter Pilot Steven Newland

On today's episode we’re talking Ag cats on floats, otter radials on floats, floatplane mountain flying, resume building, obscure medical conditions, hungry Tiger sharks