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Posted By:
Don Maxwell
Date Posted:
Dec 5, 2017
Description:
Buck and I joined up over the Rappahannock River, indenting to land at Shannon for lunch. Alas, the wind there picked up and by the time we got close it was right across the runway at 14G20-something, so instead we did a 180 and flew downstream together, splashing where we could find reasonably smooth air and moderate waves.
Here's Buck on the step, just before taking off again.
Date Taken:
2017-11-28
Place Taken:
Rappahannock River, VA
Owner:
Don Maxwell
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Don Maxwell - Dec 01,2017
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Buck's brother, Tom, was in the right seat.
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Don Maxwell - Dec 01,2017
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We landed at Pittman Field, one of the nicest grass strips in the area.
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Don Maxwell - Dec 01,2017
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Two other seaplanes were in the open-front hangar that day, this venerable Challenger (which has just been sold)...
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Don Maxwell - Dec 01,2017
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...and Lindsay's brand new Legend Cub with a big engine and only about 20 hours on the Hobbes. It replaces the yellow Searey that he flew for six or eight years.
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Don Maxwell - Dec 01,2017
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Buck took off first, and I eventually caught up to him--as you can see in this brief and slightly spooky clip, with his prop apparently turning slowly in the wrong direction:
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Paul Sanchez - Dec 02,2017
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I'd say it looks like it's turning in the "right" direction to me since he is going backwards to catch up
with you! 
That is a cool angle for the camera though and makes for a great video. It's always pleasing to see a
homebuilt out run a factory bird.
Here's a screen shot.
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Screen Shot 2017-12-02 at 10.26
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 02,2017
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Really nice video shot, Don, even if Buck didn't cooperate, using a counter-rotating gearbox. Can you get a real picture (still) from it? That will eliminate Buck's skullduggery and make for one of the nicest SeaRey formation shots ever!
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Don Maxwell - Dec 02,2017
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I like that angle, too, Dan--although it's not perfect for capturing formation flying. If the lead Searey's float is on its nose, as Col. Grumpy recommended, that entire Searey will be obscured by the camera plane. But if you can live with imperfection, here's what it looked like that day:
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Nickens, Dan - Dec 02,2017
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Nice.
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Sauers, Jeff - Dec 04,2017
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Oh, That's a beauty! I haven't been flying with the Searey community all that long, but I've seen that view before having
flown formation with Buck & Dave on the way to Don's Splash in this year. Looks like a beautiful day. And I agree, that is
some sexy formation footage! Way to go Don!
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