
Wonderful video of several takeoffs and landings in a float equipped DHC-2 Beaver.
Listen for the power reduction on takeoff and notice the way he uses the shore line to judge his height on landing.
Several other good videos there as well...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Goq-yunbLU
http://www.tamarac.ca/php/en/accueil.php
Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug