Testimonial received in December 2005 from Rollin and Helen Young from Juneaur Alaska after they came to Granby for a visit of our plant and for a demo flight in the TUNDRA 200 on floats.

There are those that make it their goal to build their own plane and there are those who really just want to fly the plane of their choice, I fit the latter of the two groups. This may be because the farm takes most of my time and has no respect for my weekends, holidays or evenings.

In 23 years as the owner/pilot of Deraps Aviation (Charter aviation Cie In the bush north of Quebec ) I have flown all kind of planes. From the Cessna series the 150, 172, 180, 185, 206, PA 12, the Cherokee, the Beavers, Otters, and 70 hrs on a Norsman. I logged more then 23,000 but I've never done a flight in a experimental aircraft (kit plane).

Last summer Dream Aircraft made a promotion for a free factory assistance program to the first three buyers of their quick build kits. Since I had been doing my "due diligence" on the Tundra for several months, this offer was very enticing.

Tuesday, I took a demo flight in the Tundra 200 and toured the Dream Aircraft factory. This is a long winded post of all of my impressions and opinions.

I saw the Tundra 180 on exhibit at the Canadian Aviation Expo in Oshawa a couple of months ago and was immediately interested. All the articles and specifications indicated that the Tundra met all my requirements. I want a plane on amphibious floats that can take four people, and fuel.

A Tundra 200 Flying Qualities Review

Another mini-Bea­ver arrives in kit form from Canada. Dream Aircraft's Tundra 200 is a four-place, high-wing, taildragger/nose drugger/floatplane with a cock­ pit big enough to call a cabin and plenty of volume behind the rear seats for, well, all that stuff Beaver pilots put back there. Okay, it's not that big, but it's large enough for four people's stuff.