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Flightseeing in Florida

A seaplane docked at Lakeside Inn in Mount Dora, Fla. The planes take guests on flightseeing tours for a different perspective on the region.

A seaplane docked at Lakeside Inn in Mount Dora, Fla. The planes take guests on flightseeing tours for a different perspective on the region.   ( Nancy Moreland/Chicago Tribune )

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Tavares, Fla., has reinvented itself as America’s Seaplane City, making the area a good jumping-off point for a flightseeing trip over central Florida.

Evan Frostman

Evan Frostman is a pilot for Jones Brothers Air and Seaplane Adventures in the central Florida city of Tavares.   ( Nancy Moreland/Chicago Tribune )

Inn

Rates range from $139 to $259 a night, depending on the season, at the Lakeside Inn in Mount Dora, Fla.   ( Nancy Moreland/Chicago Tribune )

View

The view from the cockpit on a flightseeing tour in central Florida.   ( Nancy Moreland/Chicago Tribune )

Landing at sunset

A seaplane lands on Lake Dora in central Florida, where flightseeing is a fun way to take in the views from up above.   ( Marsha Gandy/Chicago Tribune )

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