Success on the Step is the story of Kenmore Air, a floatplane operation located in the Pacific Northwest. It's the story of a unique group of people. They happen to be people who've done amazing things with seaplanes. Success on the Step is about glacier landings and mountain rescues and threading a fascinating variety of seaplanes through the mistshrouded
islands of the Pacific Northwest. It is also a story of how to succeed in business. For Kenmore Air's real triumph has been demonstrating that the only truly reliable ingredients for success are honesty, integrity, and respect.

 This well-written and often humorous account will keep you on the edge of your chair. It's a great adventure story and a great way to learn how a start-up company founded on a shoestring budget has become the well-respected leader in the seaplane industry.
 

Excerpt from the Foreword by Harrison Ford:

"When I started asking who did the best job of restoring old Beavers, I kept getting the same answer. Kenmore Air. So that's where I went, and that's where they showed me this beat up, worn out, war veteran of an airplane they'd hauled out of the salvage yard. I asked them if they could turn it into the best example of a Beaver anyone had ever seen, and they said, 'Just watch us.'

"It didn't take me long to realize I was dealing with a very special company. My plane was doing the phoenix thing out in the shop, rising from the ashes of years of mistreatment and neglect to become a stunning example of the breed. But there's a lot more to Kenmore than resurrecting de Havilland Beavers."