Amphibians
Just a hypothetical situation, but something I was discussing at work today because the weather was so appaling.
We were talking about setting up a float-plane school in England. First of all we'd need one of my school's instructors to qualify as a float-plane instructor. (I volunteered for that one, of course!) We'd need a piece of water to fly from - I suggested Blackpool's South Pier, but I don't know whether Blackpool Council or the pier's owner would agree that's a good idea.... but never mind. Let's assume we can find an examiner, too, because there's no point running a course and not being able to organise the test at the end of it.
The only thing we're missing now is an aircraft. We pretty much ruled out anything other than an amphibian before we started, since we don't have an AvGas supply near the water, nor do we have any engineering facilities there. It needs to have a CofA if we're using it for training. And it needs to be cheap to run and maintain.
So - what options do we have for aircraft that meet these requirements?
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