Hoover Dam

I think you can rent a Super-Cub on floats from this guy at Henderson:

http://www.shebleaviation.com

-R

That would be cool. Hiowever, to my knowledge there are no operations
that can rent sea planes out to pilots w/o CFI. Insurance killed that
about 10 years ago. It would be cool though.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary wrote:
What is the best way to get to Hoover Dam? Where is the closest airport
to rent a car from?
-Robert

I rented last week from First Flight at North Las Vegas (KVGT). We did
the same last February. Hoover Dam is about 10 flight minutes from
Boulder City. It's a little farther from North Las Vegas and takes
longer because of the Class B. When you are in the vicinity of the dam,
be on the lookout. There are lots of scenic flights, both fixed wing
and helicopters in the area. When we were there on Sunday the 20th,
there was a guy in a Bonanza who was totally confused in the class B VFR
route, argued with the departure controller, feigned a bad radio
connection to cover his confusion, then almost hit us over the dam. We
scooted out of there and went over to Boulder City to shoot a very windy
landing and to walk around. It was pretty quiet.
- - -
Al
C-172
Spokane, WA

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
That would be cool. Hiowever, to my knowledge there are no operations
that can rent sea planes out to pilots w/o CFI. Insurance killed that
about 10 years ago. It would be cool though.

The SPA still lists a few in their flight schools directory. But yes, it's
very rare to find solo rentals for seaplanes, and when you do there are
generally very strict restrictions (I believe that Kenmore Air, when they
did rent, had something like a 25 mile radius restriction...solo rental was
good only for local sightseeing and proficiency practice, not for real
trips).

I didn't see any places in or around the Lake Mead area (maybe the one in
Kingman is close enough, probably not though), never mind any that rent
solo. Bring your own.

Pete