A Visit to Tavares - “America’s Seaplane City”

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
  • While in Florida recently, staff from EAA decided to stop in at “America’s Seaplane City,” in the state where there are more registered seaplane pilots than any other in the nation.
    The city started by building a top-quality seaplane facility on Lake Dora in the heart of downtown. The base has all the things required for seaplane operations. Special seaplane docks, a grass beaching area, and an amphibian ramp to taxi up from the water. It was a very fun time!

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  • @savagecub
    @savagecub 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Nice to see a city that’s not worried about the “Sound of Freedom” !

    • @FookinApprentice
      @FookinApprentice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they aren’t so good if you live here

  • @antr7493
    @antr7493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I 've lived near Tavares for like 10yrs and had no idea.

    • @Will-JC
      @Will-JC 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Peter R do you still live near Tavares?

  • @stephenjanes8948
    @stephenjanes8948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Go there almost every month for lunch/dinner or just to watch. Always some action! They have rebuilt all the docks and have special seaplane docks along with the ramp, dry parking. Neat small city.

  • @codyharless4635
    @codyharless4635 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am a part of the civil war reenactment there and last year the hurricane destroyed much of their docks if I remember correctly, we had to load and unload on the grassy shoreline. I hope they have it all back up and running again.

  • @kevinmoore4887
    @kevinmoore4887 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome to start with one of the best fountains ever!!!
    Avalon at Catalina Island use to have a lot of seaplane traffic.
    They need to look at what you are doing.

  • @mothmagic1
    @mothmagic1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the Ywin Otter water feature. That's how every town should be😊

  • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
    @Allan_aka_RocKITEman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Now I *REALLY* want to move back home to *FLORIDA*!

    • @OneTequilaTwoTequila
      @OneTequilaTwoTequila 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just remember the mosquitos, the hot humid days, the and the nearly deads swarming the early bird restaurants and the feeling will pass.

    • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
      @Allan_aka_RocKITEman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@OneTequilaTwoTequila >>> THAT is what I call "Home"...😉

  • @WendelltheSongwriter
    @WendelltheSongwriter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stayed here a few days a couple months ago. Great little city and really dedicated to the seaplane pilot population.

  • @PilotFun101
    @PilotFun101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video! Thank you for sharing!!

  • @johnrumble99
    @johnrumble99 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Don't miss The Monster Splash this fall. The fly in will be Saturday, October 21st and we get to use pumpkins for the bomb ammunition. The kids will have an opportunity to decorate the pumpkins before we hand them off to the pilots. Fun for all

  • @marinepilot5723
    @marinepilot5723 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    They need to take the Martin Water Bomber there!!!

  • @roadking99jokerst60
    @roadking99jokerst60 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great aircraft and wooden sport boats nearby, super !

  • @vyacheslavioffe268
    @vyacheslavioffe268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a shame...)) i have lived in Kissimmee for 6 years , never heard of it,!!))

  • @randomizedartman00
    @randomizedartman00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live there and I see about 2 to 3 seaplanes a day.

  • @lonetrvllr
    @lonetrvllr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A good idea for the next journey...

  • @mothmagic1
    @mothmagic1 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish the UK was this aviation friendly

  • @nivelhard2022
    @nivelhard2022 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    maravilhoso esse lugar! um sonho!

  • @Sky_Touched
    @Sky_Touched 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I miss Tavares. I used to hangar my Searey at Apoka and was always over there. Now I live in an aipark in North Carolina, and there is nothing like that anywhere up here.... NC lakes are beautiful but are not seaplane friendly like lakes and marinas in Florida...

  • @backcountry172
    @backcountry172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is too awesome

  • @salvadorroldan9419
    @salvadorroldan9419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow very nice

  • @breadman3220
    @breadman3220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    would love to see a pby here

  • @CJSHM
    @CJSHM 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The nine people who disliked this video have no heart.

  • @mechamax7919
    @mechamax7919 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    imagine if a Catalina landed there, that would really turn some heads!

    • @roadking99jokerst60
      @roadking99jokerst60 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey, Max, or Kermit's Shorts. It has been to Osh Kosh so why not ?

    • @OneTequilaTwoTequila
      @OneTequilaTwoTequila 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Imagine if the Space Shuttle Atlantis did a high-speed kiss and go on the lake before landing at the Kennedy Space Center - now that would turn some heads!

  • @rolandocrisostomo2003
    @rolandocrisostomo2003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Its pronounced Tah-vah-rres. Its a spanish word, you folks are killing it every time you say it lol. It makes you sound like a tourist in your own country.

  • @steve1978ger
    @steve1978ger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that's a lot of seaplanes.

  • @ryankinwong6579
    @ryankinwong6579 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My dream

  • @dreamdiction
    @dreamdiction 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't see the Spruce Goose so I'm not coming.

  • @badamson10
    @badamson10 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Two words: Lake Hood...

    • @BetterAircraftFabric
      @BetterAircraftFabric 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, Lake Hood is great but the mayor Berkowitz and his friends hate airplanes!!!

  • @gersonpriante4031
    @gersonpriante4031 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Em qual estado fica????

    • @MrRB-qk8cl
      @MrRB-qk8cl 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think Florida

  • @gamebug1012
    @gamebug1012 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How the other half live....

  • @q80aziz
    @q80aziz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes it is very nice and well organized . But using cantaloupe ( Food ) for target practice !
    Come on people there are human beings who are starving all over this world and in need of any decent food they can get .