I'm a flight instructor myself and after watching this, I feel like I just gained like a 100 new tips on how to be calm and teach students in a better way. What a great instructor. I honestly feel like I could fly a sea plane by just watching him instruct lol.

@FlightChops

7 жыл бұрын

Right on! Glad you enjoyed it!

@jolujo5842

6 жыл бұрын

meet bhatt I'm a wanna be and I could not agree with you more! The skills of the sage pilot in handling instruction inputs where awesome

@markm318

6 жыл бұрын

I took an intro flight with Lou in February, 2016. Great guy. Looking forward to going back in a few weeks to get the rating.

@PaulDWeber

6 жыл бұрын

me too & I'm NOT even a PILOT

@BeesKneezs

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not an instructor. but holy crap I thought the same thing, this guy is a great teacher!

"I'll stop you at 90." LMAO. Sounds like the kind of a guy who learned to fly well enough to land a P-51 on one wheel or a B-17 on one wheel and the tail wheel but flies Cubs because the view is better.

He seems like such an easy going instructor. Definitely seems like the type of instructor I would be comfortable with.

@kiwismurf4536

8 жыл бұрын

+Regan H i was about to comment that myself, he so chill

@hoZko

8 жыл бұрын

Really seems like the kind of guy that you learn with! What a gentleman of aviation.

@paoutooPREMIUM

7 жыл бұрын

YES!

@johnfife3062

7 жыл бұрын

Yes! Lou is awesome. Clearly the kind of pro I'd like to learn from and not another hours-building yahoo who views his students as stepping stones. I'd like to be like Lou someday.

" Just put the thinggy there and go ahead hit the tree. Doesn't matter." Lol awesome video. Never heard a training pilot say - "doesn't matter" a dozen times 😂

@universeunknown1880

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Robert well because it doesn’t matter lol

"OooOOOOO Steeveeyy!!"

@fohdeesha

7 жыл бұрын

Tian G best instructor, lol

Outstanding video, the instructor is surely a consummate expert on float plane training, clear and concise guidance is of the essence, especially on landing. Thanks for sharing his expertise.

Nice work, floats are a different animal to deal with. He was an exceptional instructor. Very calm, confident, and positive. Bravo!

If I ever decide to take some lessons, I hope I get someone like this. Talk about calm, and knowledge/experience to burn. A true mentor. Love these videos.👍

"When you get to 90 ill stop you hows that" That guy is a LEGEND!! lmao. We need more trainers like him

GREAT Instructor!

I love his calm demeanor.

@FlightChops

8 жыл бұрын

+Falutin Free - I know, right? Lou is awesome!

J3 is a blast to fly. The old timers are a blast to fly with.

Very cool video! I can't believe I fly into Winter Haven, FL all the time and I never go over to check this out. Flying Sea Planes in the Bahamas is on the Bucket List for me. Low and Slow = Fun Flying!

@FlightChops

8 жыл бұрын

+steveo1kinevo - totally! Let's collab on that and make a solid video series about it!

@GSOaviator

8 жыл бұрын

+FlightChops Amen.

@aviator1552

8 жыл бұрын

+FlightChops Yes yes please do.

@calmargarita

8 жыл бұрын

+FlightChops Both of you go get your float endorsements, one American style, and one Canadian style, and compare. All on camera.

@leviathan85

8 жыл бұрын

+steveo1kinevo Collab in the Bahamas!

Oooo Stevie.

This kind of instructor really helps sell the training....I think this pushed me over the edge and now I want to sign up

Visited this place today Steve and had a blast in one of the J3s. Awesome fun and what a place! Land where you want 😅 FlightChops sticker still on the door too 👍

Came back here to relive great memories from a year ago. Crazy how quickly time flies. It's been a great and successful year for all of us! Looking forward to seeing you in a week!

Steve, that was totally awesome! I loved your instructor. What a mellow, gentle voice and fatherly warmth. And, some amazing flying skills, Steve. You were doing like a pro right off the bat! Amazing! Thanks!

Fantastic instructor right there!

Excellent video, it gave the feel of actually doing the flying, I have .6 at Jack Browns, it's a Sun-N-Fun thing to do. What I really like about flying floats is that if you ever have a really bad landing all you have to do is look for the floats, the plane is right under them.

The passion and innocence in flying this makes me miss my youth and flying in FL. so much fun

That was amazing! I'm a Private Pilot myself with a little tail wheel time, and I grew up as a kid in Minnesota, watching and riding with my grandfather in his Cub and Champ, both on floats and skis. Watching this video just brought me back. Great instructor, so calm and cool! Great job and awesome flying! Love the videos. they are addicting. Keep it up!

Thank you “Stevie” for sharing these float training videos with us. My Uncle Dwight flew float planes in Southeast Alaska for 30+ years. I idolized him & am determined to own a float plane before I die. I’ve always wanted to know the intricacies of float flying. You’ve satisfied a lot of that curiosity. Very enjoyable to watch. Thank you!

This CFI is so comforting to listen to.

What a smashing old bloke to learn from! He's about the coolest chap I've ever seen, lol. I can't imagine that anything would ever ruffle his feathers. If I'm ever in the position to learn to fly, I'll gladly move across from the UK to learn with this man I feel that I could take off and land on water already now.. He seems to put you at your ease.. yet still talks clearly and with obvious knowledge and authority in his field. Just perfect. Thanks for posting. .

I went to church camp in Winter Haven Florida and every day a Piper Cub with floats would fly over head. I asked one of the camp counselors who that was and she said he's a world-famous water skier in his 80s. She said that every Easter he would drop eggs into the field next to the church and let the kids have them. I Also saw a Beech Starship fly over-head there once.

Great job Steve. Always impressing your instructors.

I loved how flying was second nature to him, and just couldn't you feel the love? The most heartwarming flying video I've seen to date!

Love this video. Fantastic instructor. He is the standard. Thanks for sharing!

Very nicely done. Love your instructor. Very chilled but very skilled.

This channel is the best - I always look forward to the next video. I re-watched this one and ended up signing up for seaplane lessons to get my ASES rating. Thank you, Steve!

Steve, this is without a doubt your best video to date. I know you say you are not an instructor and are careful not to give advise but by letting the third party give the instruction you have nailed it. I felt like I was sitting in the plane with you soaking up the advise and feeling the wind with the door off. I have a set of floats in my hangar for my Challenger II advanced ultralight just waiting for me to complete my training. This video has just pushed me to get it done asap. Thanks and keep up the great work!

I've always thought water landings would be really fun. Now all I need is one of them new Icon A5's, best of both worlds. Another A+ video Steve.

Heckuva day! Really good work. He's a great instructor too.

Great video, my son was an instructor at Jack Browns, then he flew Falcon 10's for a while . Now he flies Caravan Amphibs out of Ft. Lauderdale all over the Bahamas. I flew a J3 float plane out of Jack Brown's that belonged to someone else. It was my first, and was a blast. I almost bought it but couldn't at the time. I just bought a 46 J3 land plane in February. Got about 14 hours on it now, and love it.

That looked like awesome fun Steve....what a wonderful gentle instructor!

Awesome!! Looks like a ton of fun!

Really glad you do alot of cub flying. Highly interested in geting pilots license to fly a cub. Thanks so much for the fun videos and saying what all your doin when your doing it.

awesome video, reminds me of flying with my dad in a j-3 when i was a kid, brings back some great memories. thank you !

What a fantastic instructor, great video! Thanks.

Thanks for sharing! Brings back memories... Doing turns while taxiing on step is a weird force to feel in an airplane. Flying at Jack Brown's was (and is) loads of fun!

The instructor seemed like a great guy. fantastic video. thanks

@alanserpa2039

7 жыл бұрын

Wild Mustangs

@alanserpa2039

7 жыл бұрын

Nevada wild mustangs

A joy to watch. Thank you for taking us along.

Love your videos, keep em coming!

magic! that looks like great fun.

That looks like so much fun!

Thanks for sharing Steve awesome taste of float plane technique.

There is something so elegant, so magical, about the way the floats come off the water. I suspect it is the way that we typically see things move through the water which creates the preconception of those objects remaining in the water: At speed, a boat hits every rising crest in the water with a resounding thud and splash. But floats on a plane, with each rising crest, the splash is diminished until there is none. Instead, an increasing gap exists between the floats and the surface. How did this happen? What has made this large, square float become so weightless that it rises above the water? I understand the science of flight, but will never fully comprehend its majesty or its magic. Thanks Steve for sharing your adventures with those of us who are for now, only flying a cubicle. "Best view in the world..." I concur whole-heartedly.

Great Instructor!!! and great video as always!!!!!

I am sooooo doing my float rating this summer ! Thanks for the awesome video Steve.

Nicely done. Just classic!👍

Hey Chops, this was SO neat to watch! Your instructor was very calm & effective in showing you how to do it, too!

GREAT INSTRUCTOR ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ He Talks on Everything You Have to DO 👏👏👏👏👏

Steve, there's no end to your flying skills i am so proud of you and I love how good you are with your family it proves your humility and again thank you for not being an egotistical arrogant individual i am learning from you and i am 40 would love to get a ppl and ferry fly

Looks like you two were having one helluva time! Your buddy is a great instructor. I think I may just head out to Florida and get my sea plane rating!

Excellent video again...

Great job and thanks for sharing this awesome video

I love how Lou is a very relaxed, affirming, and confident. He must have calmed your nerves.

Definitely one of my absolute favorite videos! Thank you for letting me ride along:)

Hi Steve, I also took two hours of sea plane lessons with a Cub on floats. It was very enjoyable and I learned a lot. Some years later, a few of us bought a Republic Sea-Bee, where I accumulated about 250 hours, flying the lakes of Tamagami, Ontario. My friend had an island on the Southeast arm of Tamagami. We had permission to keep the airplane at Sudbury airport during the Summer. I had every situation any sea plane pilot would have. The thing is, I never got a seaplane rating!

Very cool Steve!!

That looks like a blast! Had a similar experience this evening -- took my first tailwheel lesson! It's one thing to watch and read about the inherent instability, and quite another to experience it. Enjoy the float training sir!

I love how calm the instructor is.

@FlightChops

7 ай бұрын

He was so awesome. We lost him recently unfortunately.

@jamesdunlap7931

7 ай бұрын

@@FlightChops I'm so sorry!!! Seemed like a genuine person. Prayers

Awesome! Got my ppl at harvs air last week! Float training is my summer goal! Great vid!

That looks like a blast Steve! Well done!

That was such a great video! The pilot reminded me of my wife's grandpa who had been a brush pilot in Alaska. Very cool.

Awesome video! I completed my float endorsement shortly after i received my PPL. Its the funnest flying I've ever done. That cub looks so easy to fly!! Nice work.

Very nice, Steve! This actually made me feel a little emotional. My very first job as a teen was to help an Air Canada pilot friend of mine give float endorsements. My job was to help with things around the base, in exchange for unofficial lessons. My first landing on floats (or ever) was in this airplane. Thanks for this.

Awesome! So totally awesome!

"You said something about a patch for me" Good one and great context Steve!

Really nice job from both you and your instructor.

Watching this and in a few hours is my first hour as a student pilot!! Good Job mate! Grettings from Neuquén, Argentina.

That was awesome! I'm in the last phase of getting my PPL and am anxious to go flying, especially tail draggers and float planes after watching your videos. Thanks!

Man, you are getting better on every video! Great job and great videos. Love them

looks like so much fun!

Well done on this one Steve!

Great video! It was like being there, in your shoes, with your CFI!

Pretty good Chops... Did my ATP MES at Flagler Beach in 1994.. Then my COM MES at Philadelphia Seaplane Base in 1995... What Great a Fun... 😺🙀

What a great teacher!

This makes me want to build a float plane for no good reason at all. Awesome video. What a great instructor. Reminds me of my grandpa who flew j3 way back (way way back) in the day.

Freaking AWESOME video - now I want to move down to FL and fly with Lou everyday - what a great voice/demeanor etc.

Thrilling man! What a video! Thanks for sharing such an experience. He is a good instructor.

Beautiful stuff!

The intro the seaplane flying is excellent! Keep up the great work.

Great video. It doesn't get much better than float flying.

Wow! Great video Steve!

Never flown a float, never even been next to one, but to me there is something absolutely sexy about the look of one. May have to rethink my retirement goal of a home with its own strip, and consider a home on a lake instead. Love the older guys teaching method. Calm, cool and collected, and very positive feedback. Hope someday to get a float rating by someone just like him.

You have a beautiful j3!

Great video! Getting my sea plane rating has been on my to-do list for a long time. I need to just go do it.

Nice vid.. I just did my first two Tailwheel landings in a Champ today. Totally fun. My friend is a CFI so I hope to get my tailwheel endorsement this summer. Your videos are great!

What a fantastic instructor! Great video.

I would be freaking terrified to ever truly learn to fly, but I would also love to learn to fly. Your sharing of this kind of thing is incredibly awesome. Thank you. Great video. Holy cow, great video.

This is the instructor I want for my float rating, excellent video as always. Thank you very much for sharing.

Excellent training video

This was enjoyable to watch. Would be fun to fly with this guy. Good job on the flying chops.

Great job Mr Chops! Very good instructional video!!! I was an instructor here at Browns AND, although I got my seaplane rating in Alaska, in my opinion, Brown's is by far the best place to get a seaplane rating.

What an awesome instructor!!! I've had a bugger of an instructor before, it makes for a miserable experience, until I switched to another airport's flight school and then all was good again.

Wow, Lou sounds like an incredible instructor. Great knowledge combined with humor and praise! BTW, caught the Steveo1 cameo at :33.....nice!

Fantastic video! Thank you...Cheers

Hey another great video! Love this channel!!