Now this is more like what we come to Sun ‘n Fun to see–an Apollo Fox LSA and a Lucky 2 ultralight lifting off the Paradise City runway. No splash, no drip and no sweat after things started to dry out a little.
Its said that sailors make good floatplane pilots because they understand the nature of wind on the water. Sailboat racer and pilot Rick Orchard took that sentiment to heart in a big way when he decided to pump up an already large homebuilt (the Murphy Moose) by adding Aerocet amphibious floats and a 550-horsepower Pratt & Whitney PT6A-20 turbine engine.