Flying in my 1984 Avid Seaplane for 2600 hours, the first one on floats, I always loved the nostalgia of biplanes, especially biplanes on floats. Consequently, four years ago I talked with Gerald Olenik of GreenSky Adventures, Inc., about a Micro Mong and got his advice about building one on floats. His only problem was [...]

For more than six months, Zenair has been delivering the popular 1150- and 1450-pound kits and factory assembled floats. The company is now offering a pre-drilled fastbuild float kit and welcoming aircraft dealers and maintenance shops to finish them for customers. Shipping assembled floats is expensive in crating but also in shipping costs. When customers [...]

This just in from Zenair LTD, Canada: Zenair light aircraft float production was returned to North American last year after being outsourced in the Czech Republic, and deliveries of the popular all-metal light-weight straight and amphibious floats resumed in the fall of 2009. The company has just shipped its first set of newly developed LSA [...]