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Posted By:
Nickens, Dan
Date Posted:
Apr 5, 2020
Description:
If you just watch the cable news all you see is an unfolding disaster.
If you get out into the wild you can see the same thing. At least
from a fish-eyed perspective. The dredged ditch of the Kissimmee
River made for a beautiful runway (the old river was twisted and
stagnated with no suitable place for a SeaRey). The environmental
disaster of a ditch was teaming with fish. On the banks was an
alligator slowly consuming a wriggling fish that was experiencing its
own version of the apocalypse. Interspersed with the widespread
disasters was the cool shade of an old oak tree with soft sand,
perfect for a socially isolated lunch.
Date Taken:
March 30, 2020
Place Taken:
Corpse of Engineers Kissimmee River Canal
Owner:
Nickens, Dan
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 02,2020
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The canal was not the only quiet water around. Disney is closed. Its water was totally people-free. It
is another sign of the local economic apocalypse for people who service all the tourists normally
basking in the spring sun.
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Eric Batterman - Apr 02,2020
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Wow. With a light breeze right down the runway too!
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 02,2020
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There were so many long, straight runways you'd think the Corpse designer was a seaplane pilot!
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 02,2020
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The deserted playground speaks eloquently of fantasies interrupted. Instead of rollicking in a
manufactured playground the missing children are confined to quarters. It was very sad to see, but it
did let me spot a giant balsa glider squeezed into the park place. I haven't had one in years, but I
remember all the joy there was virtually flying one (well, at least until it smashed, as it always did,
because of the reckless pilot).
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 02,2020
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Way out in the outback there was evidence of human activity. A "wild" animal driving tour opened on
Cypress Lake just before the pandemic. I was encouraged to see a veritable traffic jam of tourists
driving through the jungle. What a great way to get the kids out of the house while following CDC
guidelines for separation! And it supports a budding business that risked a big investment at an
inopportune time.
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 02,2020
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Not everyone got the memo about maintaining separation. This herd got loose and congregated
lakeside for some beach time. Spring breakers gone wild?
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 02,2020
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Alligators don't need no stinkin' memo to isolate. They were out in force, but all separated by a
discrete distance. (The potholes in the Corpse of Engineers' otherwise smooth canal were dredged by
alligators.)
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Jon Ladd - Apr 03,2020
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Those are tilapia beds.
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 03,2020
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Maybe that’s why they are so popular with alligators?
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 02,2020
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The alligators did not appreciate my foray into their space. My SeaRey was bigger and badder, so we
bullied them out of their special spot.
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 02,2020
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The gators moved on, but oh! the looks I got! You could just see their vituperous thoughts, "You think
you're tough? Get outta that plane and let's see who is badder!"
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 02,2020
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"Stay off my back or I will attack and you don't want that! I've got the power." Snap. I was almost
convinced to stay in the plane.
Not.
Sometimes the risk of resting in a beautifully bad neighborhood is shaded by the coolness.
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 02,2020
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Turns out there was someone bigger and badder in this neighborhood: the Gooberment. I skeedattled
and left the alligators and jet bombers to sort out who gets the shade.
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 02,2020
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Turns out that there were places not far away where natural battles, economic disasters, and viruses
fade into the background. At least they weren't obvious from a SeaRey scooting over mirrored water
at step taxi speed.
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Carr, Frank - Apr 02,2020
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Are we to assume Dan, that with Disney closed the FAA was quick enough to take down the TFR?
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 02,2020
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Now, Frank, you know April Fools Day has come and gone!
Besides, I understand the Disney TFR was passed by congressional edict after Disney
lobbyists prevailed over FAA objections. (DELETED......Snarky content has been self-quarantined due to an
unintended politically-biased appearance that has no place in polite discourse during a national emergency. Sorry
about that. But I’m still not retracting references to the â€Corpse of Engineers†while they are getting praise for
taking 4 days to set up cubicles.)
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Don Maxwell - Apr 03,2020
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Snarky! Put snarky back. It has a long literary history. Lewis Carroll wrote about hunting a snark: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43909/the-hunting-of-the-snark
(If you don't feel like snarky reading, here's a 5 minute YouTube summary, with graphics and voiceover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSMJyft3W1o )
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 05,2020
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It's springtime in Florida. The St. Johns River is going dry. Puzzle Lake is transforming from a giant spot in the river into the puzzling puddles that gives it its name.
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 05,2020
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What to do? Well, if you have a SeaRey, you adapt, becoming Cub-like (except for the yellow paint).
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Don Maxwell - Apr 05,2020
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Did you land on the beach, Dan, or taxi up onto it?
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Nickens, Dan - Apr 05,2020
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"The beach" is actually dry river bed, Don. It was a wheel-down arrival and departure on a formerly submerged riverine feature (below the ordinary high water line as evidenced by the vegetation). Question: can it be logged as both a land and water operation? Maybe a different type of water landing. Not glassy. Just shallow. Very shallow. It was a bit rough but no water was splashed. ;-)
So, semi-seriously, since it was a tailwheel airplane for purposes of the operation, only one landing counted towards currency. The first one was a touch-n-go to test the sand. It doesn't count. Just like it never happened. The second one was full stop and therefore counts (see photo proof above for logbook entry). For tailwheel currency. Not seaplane. Amphibians are such ambiguous creatures!
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