Karen was so excited about earning her float rating, she wrote a brief piece on it last September. She says she's flying her new C-172 better because of her experience in Moose Pass.

York and Karen (see above) were nearly the last students of the 2009 season. They said more than once that the training they received here would probably save their lives in the future. As Vern says, "We teach life-saving skills at Alaska Float Ratings." York's  article is here.  For all the photos, check out Back Country Pilot .

One of our latest studetns, Jon, just passed his Single Engine Sea checkride the end of July. He wrote down his experiences before he left Moose Pass. He found us on the internet when searching for seaplane ratings. He talked two other pilots into coming with him. The three of them appeared to have such a good time. None of them wanted to leave.

The latest article published about us is from Derek and Mo who came to Moose Pass towards the end of the summer of 2008. They enjoyed flying floatplanes on and off the various mountain lakes that they wrote an article about their experience in the March issue of UK's Flyer magazine.

Read and enjoy,

Vern

James Craig is a published aviation novelist, currently writing his second book, and owns a Cessna 182. After earning his single engine sea rating with us a few years ago, he decided to travel back to Alaska each summer to fly for Scenic Mountain Air based at the Seward Airport. He flies charters around southcentral Alaska and flightseeing tours over the Kenai Fjords National Park and Prince William Sound.

His first aviation novel has been published, North to Disaster. Check it out at www.bushakpress.com .

Patrick Mathews, a writer and executive for Conde’ Nast Traveler magazine, wrote this article during his SES training in Alaska. It was published in the September 2002 edition of the AOPA Magazine.

Patrick was so excited about his adventure with us, he called his friend and editor of AOPA Magazine and told him he just had to write an article about getting his float rating in Moose Pass.

I asked Patrick why he came all the way to Alaska. He said, “I wanted real training, not just the rating.”

Read and Enjoy,

Vern

Dave wrote this article after flying with us in the 2005 season and submitted it to Backcountrypilot.org . As you read Dave's experience, you will get a real feeling of what and how he felt while earning his SES rating with us in Moose Pass.

Dave states, “To sum it all up, it was the best flying experience I have ever had. It has really lit a fire to improve my 'basic' skills that sometimes seem to go to the wayside.”

Read and Enjoy,

Vern

As you read this article written by Barbara Rowell, you will discover why my methods of instruction vastly improve your piloting skills. Barbara’s ability to keenly recall and express her experience while getting here SES Rating with us, is likely to be the highest and best compliment I will received as a flight instructor.

Sadly,and at a great loss to me and many, many others in the world of photography who knew Galen and Barbara Rowell, both were killed during a night landing at Bishop, California. You can still visit their photo gallery, Mountain Light, located on the main street in Bishop.
 
(Barbara was not flying the Turbine Commander that night.)

Read and Enjoy,

Vern