Taylorcraft BCS-12D     N96368               (c/n  8668)


                                          

                                               Like most lightplanes of the era, it wasn't hard to find Taylorcrafts on floats at the more popular
                                               seaplane bases.  This one is on Lake Union at Seattle, Washington in 1961. This aircraft is still on
                                               the current register and is based in Alaska, which must surely be "the home of the seaplane".  Note
                                               that the floats on seaplanes of this size only have a rudder on the port pontoon.