There couldn't have been a better climate to teach teenagers to fly in. "We've had really good weather," said Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Kathy Maxwell. "Usually by now we've had a smoke day or a windy ...

For pilots, there is both classroom and in-flight training to learn to fly a seaplane. Spectrum News 13 watched as Noel did his first seaplane flight, taking off on Lake Jessie in Winter Haven.