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This year’s Clear Lake Splash In, which takes place from Friday, September 6 through Saturday, September 7, marks the 40th consecutive year the event has been held in Lakeport, California.
The City of Lakeport is again opening a special ramp for amphibious seaplanes to be able to taxi onto a large open lawn area in the heart of Lakeport, within walking distance of restaurants and numerous shopping opportunities.
The Skylark Resort is also making its docks right at the hotel available to seaplanes.
Among this year’s Splash In highlights are a pilots’ dinner at Lampson Field airport on Friday night.
Saturday features a display of seaplanes, opportunities to go for a ride or receive training in a seaplane, seminars about flying and a display of remote controlled aircraft by the Clearlake Modelers club.
Steve Bateman, the Director of the Aircraft Owner and Pilot Association’s Flying Club Initiative is leading three seminars during the Splash In.
The seminar Maximum Fun, Minimum Cost: How to Start and Run a Flying Club takes place at 10am at the Natural High School in Lakeport. The Clear Lake Flying Club, which is hosting this seminar, will present several candidate seaplanes which could be made available to members for rental or training. ICON Aircraft will be at the seminar to answer questions about its amphibious A5 light sport aircraft, and is bringing an A5 to the Splash In.
The seminar You Can Be a Pilot takes place at 11am in the same location. You Can Be a Pilot is a fast paced, inspirational session designed to increase awareness that obtaining a pilot certificate is a realistic and achievable objective.
The Career Opportunities in Aviation seminar takes place at 2pm. It examines the exciting prospects for young people in aviation. In addition to outlining the specific careers available in aviation, the Career Opportunities seminar presents details about the high school curriculum for aviation education that the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) makes available at no cost to high schools. Professional pilots, mechanics, avionics technicians and flight instructors will be on hand to answer questions that students and parents may have.
At the end of the Career Opportunities seminar, Splash In organizers will be raffling off to students who have attended the seminar aviation related prizes donated by sponsors of the Splash In including a ride in a seaplane, an aerial photograph of Lampson Field, a poster of an aerial photograph of a Giants game in San Francisco, aviation related apparel and a model of a German seaplane used in World War II.
Saturday evening’s program includes a wine tasting featuring some of Lake County’s highly acclaimed vintages, a barbecue dinner and a screening of a rare film about the history of seaplanes.
In addition to accommodating seaplanes by providing a ramp for access to the Lakeport waterfront, the Splash In provides a free shuttle service for land aircraft that fly into Lampson Field airport (1O2) for the event and a chance for the public to see seaplanes first hand and interact with seaplane pilots.
For additional details about the event, please contact the Lake County Chamber of Commerce at 707.263.5092 or visit the following web pages:
Lake County Chamber of Commerce Splash In Media Release
Clear Lake Splash In Facebook Page
Maximum Fun, Minimum Cost: How to Start & Run a Flying Club Seminar
You can see photographs of previous Clear Lake Splash In events:
Clear Lake Splash In photography.
