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Posted By:
Geers, David
Date Posted:
Dec 13, 2014
Description:
Part three round Australia Seaplane Adventure, from Melbourne we pick up Vaun Moncur in his Super Petrel and travel west. This to me was some of the most of spectacular countryside we flew, I loved Aldinga airport where we did another Make A Wish flight, Kangaroo island and staying with Peter a fellow seaplane pilots at Goolwa, Streaky Bay, flying over the great Australian bight. Nullarbor roadhouse Colleen 60th birthday? And the warm welcome that we got at Thomas river. Hope you enjoy the photos.
Date Taken:
April 2014
Place Taken:
South Australia Western Australia
Owner:
Geers, David
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Geers, David - Dec 08,2014
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Part 3 link... For your viewing pleasure I recommend clicking the first slide and then slideshow button at the top of the page.
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Dennis Vogan - Dec 11,2014
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Fabulous pics David! Thanks for sharing.
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Dave Edward - Dec 12,2014
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What an Odyssey ! Spectacular David...thanks for taking us along.
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Don Maxwell - Dec 13,2014
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That's just a wonderful trip! I love looking at your photos--and they <I>make me wish</I> to do a similar trip. Vicarious travel takes you just so far and then you have to do it yourself.
But your photos raise a couple of questions:
1. You had Seareys, a Lake, a Freedom, and a Super Petrel. I recall you mentioning something a while back about the differences among them. Do you have any further thoughts about them? For example, were the nosewheel planes at any real disadvantage compared to the tailwheels? Did the biplane have any specific advantages over the monoplanes? Was the Freedom as versatile and rugged as the Seareys? Any thoughts about sliding canopies v. bubble canopies? What about the effects of salt water? If you were going to repeat this trip, which of the types would you prefer to fly (if you didn't already have a SeaRey)?
2. In the first three parts of your trip, I've seen only one photo of a floatplane (a Beaver, in Part 2). Are floatplanes rare in Austraila? Or did you just shun them? Or...?
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Geers, David - Dec 13,2014
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G'day Don, interesting questions you ask. The biggest surprise was the Freedom Colyaer is a very interesting plane and performed exceptionally well throughout the trip, it has great fuel economy and cruises at 100 Knots Andrew who flew the freedom was one up most of the trip it definitely outperforms the Searey in many areas. It has a very comfortable cockpit and seats, also autopilot which is definitely handy on long trips.The freedom didn't perform very well 2up especially on water where the super petrel performs well 2up. As for the canopy you do get used to it, however you can't beat the Searey sliding canopy. Biggest problem I have with it is that it has a 12 m wingspan which makes it difficult to hanger and also manoeuvre up tight ramps, and unfortunately a lot of councils like to stick signposts on the edge of the ramps very inconsiderate.
Nosewheel tail wheel question. To be honest didn't really make that much difference yes the Searey is a little bit better on soft sand, however both freedom and super petrel are considerably lighter than the Searey which makes them easier to move and get out of a boggy situation. On our trip we got all the planes bogged in several places. The freedom was definitely the easiest one to recover. There were some places that the lake buccaneer chickened out which was a wise decision on their behalf as a small aircraft are a little bit more nimble and don't require as much takeoff distance. Overall all the aircraft performed extremely well.
If.... No when I do it again you really can't go past Searey. Yes it would be nice to have a better range, be able to carry more equipment. But it's hard to go past the Searey, this is such a beautiful country and viewing from a Searey is I think the best way to go.
Surprisingly there is only 145 seaplanes in Australia of which 60% are floating Hull which is interesting when I think in the States it's more like 20%. And I can safely say that there would be less than 100 seaplanes flying in Australia as there are some under construction and some not in a flying condition.
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Don Maxwell - Dec 15,2014
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Thanks for the thoughtful reply, David. I was especially curious about the Freedom, as I once landed right behind the seaplane-only version of that airplane--Gannet, I think it's called--at Oshkosh. It looked better on the water than the other light hull-type seaplanes I'd seen, except for SeaRey. But there was only one person aboard. And it had that coffin canopy.
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