In this April 2003 file photo, Bill Brooks and his son Grant, right, are shown with their seaplane at City Dock in Coeur d'Alene. Bob has been flying from that spot since 1946. (Panhandle Pieces photo: Mike Kincaid)

Just days before his 95th birthday, Bill Brooks took flight for the last time - never to land on the crystal blue waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene again. Brooks died Feb. 27 after spending more than a half-century flying fishermen to remote mountain lakes in Canada and taking thousands of tourists on sightseeing flights over North Idaho. He was an icon on Coeur d'Alene's waterfront. Brooks came to Coeur d'Alene in 1946 and went into business with Lowell Wallace, who had an established flight training and charter business. Prior to that, Brooks entered the Navy in 1940, where he got his wings and became a flight instructor. He brought that experience to Coeur d'Alene, where he taught several World War II and Vietnam veterans how to fly/Jeff Selle, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

Question: Did you ever fly with Bill Brooks in his seaplane?