Meet Our Expert Team

Our team of skilled instructors and examiners

All our instructors are experienced commercial seaplane pilots. We have 5 instructors and 4 examiners on staff who can provide instruction in English, German and Norwegian language.

Scandinavian Seaplane Training

Daniel Boden

Commercial seaplane pilot in 3 different seaplane companies

Airline pilot with experience from short-haul turboprop aircraft to long haul widebody jets. Currently he is flying the Airbus 330. Founder and CEO of Scandinavian Seaplanes (commercial seaplane operator). 

Seaplane Instructor and Examiner (CRI/CRE Land and Sea)

Language: German, English, Norwegian

Scandinavian Seaplane Training

Christian Weidner

Christian is one of our most experienced instructors. He is an instructor and examiner. Having flown everything from fast military jets to long haul wide body airlines, he has found his true home as a seaplane pilot where he can combine his passion for aviation with his love of the outdoors.

Seaplane Instructor and Examiner ( FI, CRE Land and Sea)

Language: German, English

Scandinavian Seaplane Training

Peter van Oorschot

Although he is flying bigger jets for a living his love belongs to the small planes and the world of seaplane flying.

Airline Pilot, Senior Instructor and Examiner ( FI, FE, CRE Land and Sea)

Language: Dutch, German, English

Scandinavian Seaplane Training

Steffen Wolf

Owning a chimney sweeping company his heart belongs to aviation and especially seaplanes.

Seaplane Instructor and Examiner (FI/FE/CRI/CRE Land and Sea)

Language: German, English

Scandinavian Seaplane Training

Bjørn Horne

With several thousand seaplane hours experience Bjørn is our most experienced instructor and has been flying seaplanes in Norway over several decades.

Senior instructor ( FI Land and Sea)

Language: Norwegian, English