ASA Water Flying Concepts, Second Edition: This book is a long-time industry standard written for the pilot who has read the “How to” books but would like to know more.

Industry-expert Dale DeRemer discusses how to get the best performance from a seaplane, including how to be sure a takeoff from a short lake over an obstacle is possible. Featured especially is planning and flying a trip into the deep wilderness, including wilderness preparedness, navigation, and operations.

A must for the library of the serious seaplane pilot or student. Included are seaplane takeoff performance and techniques, center of gravity effects on seaplanes, reducing water drag, external loads, stability on water, fuels and fueling, mooring, seaplane camping, and more. The book concludes with reflections from a seaplane examiner written by a 20,000-hour instructor /pilot. Softcover 53/8. x 81/2. format, indexed, illustrated throughout, 288 pages.