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Ross Vining - Jul 15,2010
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Australian Odyssey-5 Water in a dry dry land<br />Australia is known as the driest continent. But sometimes you do find water where you don’t <br />expect it. <br />The Fink River (Yes. That is its real name) runs through the very centre of Australia, it is usually <br />bone dry. But as I flew over it on my recent Odyssey, it had water, LOTS of water. <br />Well what SeaRey pilot could resist that! <br />Down I went for a few water landings in the very centre of the driest continent in the world.<br />
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John Robert Dunlop - Jul 15,2010
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I would have guessed early Suez Canal!
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Dan Nickens - Jul 15,2010
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It looks plenty shallow, Ross. Good thing you had a SeaRey.
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Ross Vining - Jul 16,2010
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It never ceases to amaze me how you can land a Searey in quite shallow water. Providing <br />the bottom is soft and slippery 9inchs seems to be quite adequate.
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Steve Gromak - Jul 16,2010
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...landing in shallow isn't so much off the problem as taking off in it...
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Kenneth Leonard - Jul 17,2010
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Stand next to the plane and throttle up till she starts sliding, then jump in and keep her moving. Can be done practically from wet sand. I did it in 3' of water to get to deep water.
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Troy iRMT Heavy Maint. Enriquez - Jul 17,2010
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Ken, you rock.! which kind of wax on the hull?
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Steve Gromak - Jul 19,2010
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Ken, seriously?! I don't think I would recommend that technique out loud, what if the person would trip running in the water, I see a run away plane. Better practical plan; never get into that situation in the first place.
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Kenneth Leonard - Jul 19,2010
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Steve - you are correct - 'I absolutely do not recommend this technique, I've never really done it, only imagined that it might work if I got in a truly desperate situation and the significant risk of both a face full of mud & loosing the plane was outweighed by the cannibals running up the beach' <br /><br />If I WERE to try it, I would be holding that throttle with a death grip and the window rail even tighter. It truly isn't something to be attempted without serious consideration of the risks.
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Don Maxwell - Jul 19,2010
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Aventura Matt and I managed to get our airplanes off of sand with about one foot of water over it, when we got caught by the outgoing tide--but it took full power, and they didn't want to slide on the sand. A muddy bottom is much easier.
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