Welcome. You've discovered Vern Kingsford's Alaska Float Ratings. We are the original Alaska Float Ratings. I've been teaching and providing the "Fly the Wild Alaska" experience since 1975. No one, no other school, can equal or compare to our location, equipment or instructors.
My website is dedicated to this fact: You want a school in Alaska with the finest equipment that will offer you the best experience at the best location. A school that gives you the most value for your time and investment. You've found it.
"My brother, Jeff, raved about his experience at Alaska Float Ratings in Moose Pass. I went to another school in Alaska and was very disappointed. I'm going to see Vern in Moose Pass next summer for sure."
Tim, July 2011
all walks of life come to this mountain location to earn their seaplane ratings in our Super Cubs.
Challenging Backcountry Flying
"It was like my primary military flight instruction. I wouldn't have gone anywhere else."
Joe, Navy helicopter pilot, June 2011
"Wish I'd signed up for the ten hour course. I would have loved to had time to explore more lakes in the mountains."
Megan, commuter pilot, June 2011
"I've had a lot of flights in my over 10,000 hours. The last exploring flight I had here was a Flight of a Lifetime!"
Chris, UPS pilot, June 2011
Find out why we say on take off: "Ready to rock and roll."
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800 478 - 1449 or email us.
"I will redefine your expectations of flight training." Vern
Nervous When Flying Below the Mountain Tops? You rise to the level of your training and practise."
I came to realize this after years as a CFI, and
Director of Training for a commuter airlines.
Vern Kingsford
Would you like to feel comfortable when flying in the mountains?
Do you want to improve your flying skills, or emergency procedures? Do you sometimes lack confidence, not sure what to do next?
This is the flight school for you! Read what Karen, owner of a CE-172, discovered when she came to Moose Pass. You can read why she says to earn your seaplane rating here when you click on Read More below.
Important Message to Alaska Pilots regarding Lake Hood I love Lake Hood. When I first started flying as a charter pilot/guide for the late Jack Lee’s Air Service and instructing off Lake Hood in 1973, watching and listening to the float planes, especially the Beavers, thrilled me, and it still does.
Cub Flying to Bench and Johnson Lakes
But by 1991, watching, listening, waiting for ATC clearance, the long taxi, waiting for Rust’s fleet or the gaggle of float planes on weekends, was costing my students valuable time from their dual session. Also it was cutting into their time and money they had budgeted for their lessons. Now, in 2012, it is even more congested.
Real Alaska FlyingWhat do I mean by "Real Alaska Bush Flying"? That our location in this rugged mountainous environment provides you the ultimate conditions to experience Alaska Bush Flying, mountain flying, and earn an SES rating too. You will not have ATC, ATIS, Unicom, or even a windsock. You are on your own. You will not have runways, either paved or dirt. You wlll determine the wind direction and velocity. You will have actual tiny, remote, mountain lakes midst steep, tight, narrow canyons, where you will learn to read the water and choose where you must land. You will experience the "Real Deal." What I call "Real Alaska Bush Flying," or some call it flying in the Wild Alaska.
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