The historic Chalk's Airlines went out of business shortly following a December, 2005 crash of one of its Mallard's at Miami Harbor Government Cut. All of its seaplane services were grounded, with wet leased land craft services filling in for a very short time. It was last known as Chalk's Ocean Airways, after being purchased by a former Eastern Airlines captain, from bankrupt Pan Am II in 1999. Chalk's, America's oldest continually operating airline flew under the Chalk's Banner from 1926-1996 The airline, founded by Pappy Chalk, had several owners including Pan Am II. Incidentally, the "Ocean" in the airline's name was from a major investor, Miami's Ocean Bank. For a time, Chalk's discontinued its one of a kind seaplane service from its Watson Island Sea Base in Miami Beach to Bimini and Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Key West service was discontinued some years back. The terminal, a small building and a trailer for customs, couldn't accommodate more than 2 aircraft at a time though I never saw more than one. At the end of the day, the Mallard's were flown to Ft. Lauderdale for over-nighting. It was quite a rush to fly this venerable institution as well as watch it take out from a boat. The coast guard created a clean path for the plane taking off next to the massive cruise ships, where it reaches VR at usually 300 feet or so. What a wonderful, one-of-a-kind adventure this was.