Seaplane Pilots Scholarship

Seaplane Pilots Scholarship Tyler Orsow-Chuck Kimes Forever Flying Scholarship is an educational scholarship that provides fully Chuck Kimes had a storied history in aviation.

TYLER ORSOW-CHUCK KIMES FOREVER FLYING SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship has been established in memory of Tyler Orsow and Chuck Kimes to introduce aspiring professional pilots to the world of seaplane flying. It is maintained by the Seaplane Pilots Foundation, and donations to the fund are tax deductible. Each scholarship will fully fund training for a single-engine sea rating. Tyler Orsow was an opt

imistic and exuberant young man having always had
a penchant for aviation. As a young child, inexplicably, planes always fascinated
him and at thirteen he began building an experimental that he would complete
2 days before his sixteenth birthday. Two days later he soloed this and five others, the first one being a super cub on floats. He went on to receive his glider license, commercial certificates, CFI, MEI and A&P certificates. Tyler was an MES instructor for Sierra Seaplanes, worked for Chuck at the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air force Base and was very active ferrying a myriad of vintage and experimental aircraft cross –country for new owners. Tyler was a remarkably gifted pilot and an unassuming, cheerful presence, ready to joke with anyone he met. His father, a Pan Am career captain,
exposed him to aviation and the world throughout his youth. Chuck worked for
many aviation enterprises including Antilles Airboats, South Central Air Transport,
Apollo Airways, and Continental, before starting with American Airlines in 1984. He had a 27-year career as an AA captain eventually flying the 777 to London and Japan. His private interests were instructing in the Albatross, running the Albatross training at the USAF Test Pilot School Edwards Air Force Base, flying his Stinson on floats, and organizing splash-in events. Chuck had endless energy and a zest for life. He touched countless lives as a friend to many, a volunteer to more, and a mentor to the extremely lucky.

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It’s time to award another scholarship at Oshkosh! Be sure to get your application in before Wednesday July 27, 2022
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It’s time to award another scholarship at Oshkosh! Be sure to get your application in before Wednesday July 27, 2022

We will be awarding another scholarship at Oshkosh this year! A big shout out to Alaska Floats and Skis and Foothill Avi...
07/20/2022

We will be awarding another scholarship at Oshkosh this year! A big shout out to Alaska Floats and Skis and Foothill Aviation for your continuous support! If you’re attending Oshkosh get your applications in before 5 o’clock July 27.

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Meet Lauren Jones! She is our Oshkosh Scholarship recipient who has the exciting adventure of going to Alaska Floats and...
08/02/2021

Meet Lauren Jones! She is our Oshkosh Scholarship recipient who has the exciting adventure of going to Alaska Floats and Skis for her SES rating. Congratulations and Thank you, Don and Missy Lee of Alaska Floats and Skis.
Read a little about her:
My interest in seaplanes started because of my father. As a child, we would spend hours flipping through Trade-a-Plane's yellow pages and Controller magazines looking at seaplanes. My father has a fascination with seaplanes that he impressed upon me from a young age.

I will never forget my first interaction with a seaplane. My family went on vacation to Alaska. We were staying in Anchorage, Alaska. Every day there were numerous seaplanes that would be flying overhead. I could not help but be fascinated watching those seaplanes land and take off from Lake Hood. I was in awe of the floats hanging from cubs. I wanted more than anything to get a taste of what I dreamt to be on of the most exhilarating types of flying, watching the hustle and bustle of the many floatplanes. I had never seen so many aircraft on the water before in my life - I was enamored by it all.

Flash forward three years later to GirlVenture camp 2017, I got the opportunity to fly in a Goose upfront in the right seat at Oshkosh. Watching the seaplane pilot confidently point the aircraft into the wind and push the throttles forward, I immediately thought, "this is the coolest sort of flying I have ever done." The excitement of hearing the water we were cutting through on takeoff and seeing it sprinkle on the windscreen has stuck with me to this day.

Seaplanes are the mix of my favorite two worlds - flying and being outdoors going on an adventure. Flying is always an adventure, but seaplanes pose a different challenge. That challenge is the aspect of being on the water and have knowledge about the water and not just the air. I love the optionality of seaplanes in terms of being able to land essentially wherever there is water. The thought of being able to fly from lake to lake is thrilling to me. I want to attain a seaplane rating because I love flying. I love continuing to learn as much as I possibly can about flying, and seaplanes have always been an avenue of aviation I have dreamed of experiencing as a pilot. Becoming a seaplane pilot would be completing a childhood dream of mine.

This scholarship will make it possible for me to be able to afford to earn a seaplane rating. As a young aviation professional, I currently do not have the funds to obtain a seaplane rating. I am grateful for the opportunity to potentially obtain my seaplane rating.

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