the two passions led chris to open pacific rim aviation academy as a second career after chris retiredm teaching. in just ten short years, pacific rim has had tremendous growth and today is one of the leading flight schools in western canada. uniquely situated on the banks of the fraser river, pacific rim is excellently positioned for float training. and the winter months, according to chris, are as good a time as any to learn to fly. >> contrary to what a lot of people think, winter flying is absolutely the best time of the year to go flying. number one, there usually is a high pressure area associated with the winter time. it's a very dry atmospheric type of condition. and the density of the atmosphere allows the airplane to perform really, really well. >> so in ontario right now, it's the middle of march. lakes are frozen. i know that for a fact. usually they open up around the first week, second week, of april. >> but here in british columbia, year round we have pitt lake, stave lake, alouette lake, harrison lake, the fraser river, and the whole pacific ocean to use as our training