UPDATE, FRIDAY, NOV 1:

he five float planes are expected to arrive in LeClaire today around 2:15 - 2:30pm. There will be three docking in LeClaire on the Levee and two just upriver from the quarry. They will be staying overnight and flying out around 10am tomorrow morning.

Five "float planes" (Supercub, Cessna 172, 180, 182 and a vintage Twin Beech 18) are heading to Florida from Minneapolis. Weather permitting, 13 pilots and passengers will be making a stop in LeClaire, Iowa, on Thursday, October 31, 2013 and staying overnight. If they are delayed because of the weather, they will be arriving in LeClaire on Friday morning around 11am or noon. The Twin Beech 18 will be docked at the City dock on the Levee in LeClaire. The other four aircraft will be docked upriver just past Territorial Road.

Here is more information about the company that is leading the Florida migration:

http://www.adventureseaplanes.com/

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