Ultralight Adventures (and More) in Downtown Miami

bydanjohnson

Monday, March 19, 2007 at 01:09 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The Anderson family, led by Tony Anderson and his son Adriel, operates a diverse aviation enterprise across three businesses in the Miami area.
Their ventures include Ultralight Adventures, a downtown Miami seaplane operation offering training and intro flights that attracts celebrity clients.
The family also manages an FBO at North Perry Airport and runs FK Lightplanes USA, importing and selling light aircraft like the Fk9.
Adriel Anderson is a highly experienced pilot who directs the seaplane training and intro lesson operations in Miami.

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With downtown Miami only half a mile away, Ultralight Adventures does seaplane-based training and intro flights in one of the most cosmopolitan settings imaginable. That’s how you attract celebrity customers like Enrique Iglesias, a top Latin singer (and son of Julio) seen taxiing in this photo.

More than a decade ago, Tony Anderson started teaching students how to fly on floats. Today, his family enterprise spreads across three aviation businesses. In a recent visit I was most impressed to witness what the Andersons have built. From their home base with hangar right on an in-town lake to the North Perry Airport FBO to a downtown Miami seaplane operation, Tony and son Adriel have this major tropical metro covered. At North Perry they also run their FK Lightplanes USA enterprise, importing and selling the Fk9, Polaris, and Comet. On my visit the Fk9 used for training was constantly busy plus I saw two brand-new Fk9s available for immediate delivery. Across the city in downtown Miami, Tony and Adriel operate several Drifter 912s on straight Lotus floats. Adriel directs this training and intro lesson operation. He’s accumulated a rather astounding 5,000 hours in one particular Drifter and it isn’t the only aircraft he flies.