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Table of Contents

• Lake Manufacturer
• Lake Sales
• Lake Maintenance and Repair Specialists
• Lake Parts and Supplies
• Lake Flight Instruction
• Clubs and Associations
  • Lake Amphibian specific organizations
  • National Organizations
  • Regional Organizations
  • International Organizations
• Flight Simulation
• Miscellaneous Links
• Submit a Link
• Destinations
  • Add your own destination

• Lake Manufacturer

  • REVO, Inc. -- Holders of the Lake Amphibian Type Certificate
    (Type Certificate 1A13) and
    manufacturers of new Lake Seafuries (250 and 270 HP)

    • Also product support and parts for Lake aircraft, 407-847-8080

• Lake Sales

  • Aircraft Innovation and Repair, Winter Haven, FL, USA
      Pre-owned Lake aircraft

  • Amphibians Plus, Bartow, FL, USA
      Pre-owned Lake aircraft

  • Lake Central Air, Gravenhurst, ONT, Canada
      Pre-owned Lake aircraft

  • Team Lake, Gilford, NH
      New and pre-owned Lake aircraft

  • The Lake Connection, Colchester, VT
      Lake aircraft resale specialists
     

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  Lake Maintenance and Repair Specialists

  • Listing of Lake Service Facilities (Updated 2/2007)

    • These facilities have been recommended by members of the Lake Amphibian Flyers Club.

    • They each have extensive experience in servicing Lake airplanes.

    • Note: Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement of any shop’s business practices, but is an indication of the shop’s familiarity and expertise on Lake service and maintenance.  This listing is not intended to be all-inclusive. There are other Lake-qualified shops.  If you would like to recommend your shop or mechanic for inclusion on this list, please contact the Lake Amphibian Flyers Club.
       

  • Absolute Aviation LLC, Alton Bay, NH, USA

  • Aircraft Innovation and Repair, Winter Haven, FL, USA

  • Amphibians Plus, Bartow, FL, USA

  • Aviation Plus, Kenosha, WI, USA

  • Dale’s Flying Service, Palouse, WA, USA

  • Lake Central Air, Gravenhurst, ONT, Canada

  • Talon Aviation, Inc., Puyallup, WA, USA

  • Take Flight Alaska, Chugiak, AK, USA

• Lake Parts and Supplies

  • REVO, Inc. maintains a variety of factory-new parts

  • In addition, most of the Maintenance and Repair Specialists above,
    maintain a supply of new and used Lake Amphibian parts.

  • Lycoming Engines
    Publications, including recent service bulletins.

  • Hartzell Propellers
    Resource Library, including recent service bulletins.

    • Hartzell Service Bulletin HC-SB-61-269
      Rev. 2, 9/28/06, Propeller -- Hub Inspection.  (See highlights, pp. 7-8 for inspection frequency.)

• Lake Flight Instruction

  • List of Airsure Insurance-approved Lake instructors (updated 2/2008)
    (Note:  Check directly with Airsure for current list)

  • Grand Seaplanes, Tulsa, OK
    (in conjunction with Tulsa Community College)

  • Flying Boat Endorsements (Australia)

• Clubs and Associations

  • Lake Amphibian specific organizations

    • Lake Amphibian Flyers Club

    • Northern Lake Amphibian Pilots

  • National organizations

    • Seaplane Pilots Association

    • Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

    • Experimental Aircraft Association

    • National Business Aviation Association

    • National Air Transportation Association

    • General Aviation Manufacturers Association

  • Regional organizations

    • Columbia Seaplane Pilots Association (OR)

    • Indiana Seaplane Pilots Association (IN)

    • Midwest Seaplane Pilots Association (MI)

    • Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association (MN)

    • Montana Seaplane Pilots Association (MT)

    • Washington Seaplane Pilots Association (WA)

    • Wisconsin Seaplane Pilots Association (WI)

  • International organizations

    • Aero Club Como (famous Italian seaplane base)

    • Canadian Bush Plane Heritage Centre

    • Finnish Ski- and Seaplane Association (Finland, in Finnish)
      (From Tero Lähdesmäki who notes that "Kuvia" means pictures in Finnish.)

    • Ontario Seaplane Association (Canada)

    • Seaplane Association's Federation of Europe

    • Seaplane Pilots Association Australia

    • Seaplane Pilots Association Austria

    • Seaplane Pilots Association Switzerland

• Flight Simulation

  • The following sites have virtual Lake aircraft available for various flight simulators:

    • AvSim.com (requires free account)

      • Sample: Crossing North America Flight Adventures-Package 5
        (Alaska adventure w/10 different seaplanes, including Lake Renegade, Beaver amphib, Seabee, etc.)

    • FlightSim.com  (requires free account)

      • Sample: FS2004 Lake Renegade in NOAA colors

    • Simviation.com (free access)

      • Sample: Lake Renegade

    • Southern Cross Seaplanes
      (a site for Jimmy Buffett parrotheads and flight simmers)

      • Sample:  Lake Renegade

• Miscellaneous Links

  • Book: Cleared for the Option
    "Exploring the United States in a seaplane"
    by Marc Sluzny and Adrian Hill
    www.clearedfortheoptionbook.com
     

Destinations

• The Destinations section has been moved to its own page.
  Click here to go there.

• Submit a Link

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