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Posted By: Hal Brown
Date Posted: Jul 14, 2013
Description: The flight plan was simple: get Eddy back before the afternoon thunderstorms stranded us short of his home. There was no hope of making it back to my hangar with the usual afternoon thunderstorms blocking the way. Lake Marepas was the first mile marker for the great aquatic corridor back to Florida.
Date Taken: Jul 14, 2013
Place Taken: Lake Marepas, south of Hammond, LA
Owner: Dan Nickens
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Category: 422, Summer SeaReying
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Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    Marshes aren’t all reeds and water. Sometimes they are furry.      Attachments:  

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Furry Marsh

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    When Hurricane Katrina blasted through in 2005 the twin spans of I-10 became part of the debris scattered on the coast. This left only a single two lane bridge accessing New Orleans from the mainland. One hundred and twenty days later, however, the bridge spans had been replaced. The guys who rebuilt it must have worked for Federal Express. If the local road repair contractors from here had been retained, the bridges might be half done now.      Attachments:  

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Bridge Repaired

    
  
Frank A. Carr - Jul 15,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    For sure the guys that rebuilt it didn't work for the Corpse of Engr.     
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    A quiet morning in the delta ponds.      Attachments:  

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Reflecting Pool

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    Who was the first to have the idea for shag carpet? Must have been a Cajon.      Attachments:  

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Marsh Carpet

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    The Pearl and West Pearl Rivers have been emptying into the Gulf through this broad river valley for the last 100,000 years. There is still some relict evidence of the old river channels from when the Gulf was miles further away.      Attachments:  

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Old Waterways

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    Even in the morning hours there were scattered storms to evade. They were, however, small and slow enough to easily out maneuver.      Attachments:  

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Plane Wash

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    'Our results provide empirical evidence that, compared with solo flight, formation flight confers a significant aerodynamic advantage which allows birds [great white pelicans, Pelecanus onocrotalus] to reduce their energy expenditure while flying at a similar speed. In birds flying in formation, each wing moves in an upwash field that is generated by the wings of the other birds in the formation. Modelling has shown that when birds are flying with optimal spacing, a maximal reduction in power can be achieved and total transport costs can be substantially reduced. However, field observations of V formations indicate that birds often shift from their optimal positioning, perhaps in an attempt to maximize the aerodynamic advantage of flight formation, thus reducing the energy saving— so geese, for example, may make an energy saving of only 2.4%.<br /><br />'In our study, pelicans often had difficulty staying within the formation, particularly when flying at the rear. But even though these birds were regularly adjusting their position, they still achieved a significant energy saving. This saving may be only partly due to effects of the wakes of other birds on the power input that results from formation flight itself. When flying in formation, pelicans appear to beat their wings less frequently and to glide for longer periods. A rough calculation based on our estimates of the proportion of time spent flapping and gliding in formation, and assuming that the overall costs of the glide–flap sequence is the sum of the gliding and flapping components, reveals an actual saving of 1.7–3.4% as a result of wake effects on power input — this value is comparable to that estimated for geese.<br /><br />'The main benefit of flight formation, which until now has not been recognized, could be that by flying in a vortex wake, pelicans are able to glide for a greater proportion of their total flight time, with the total energy savings of 11.4–14.0% being achieved primarily through this strategy.'<br />Weimerskirch H; Martin J; Clerquin Y; Alexandre P; Jiraskova S. 2001. Energy saving in flight formation. Nature. 413: 697-698. <br /><br />These Brown Pelicans prefer a pure right echelon formation.<br />      Attachments:  

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The Lineup

    
  
Wayne Nagy - Jul 15,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    yep! :-)     
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    The Gulf Islands have gotten pretty quiet now that the BP guys are gone. The local Fish &amp; Game guys were, however, back and we earned their glares.      Attachments:  

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Island Tour

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    In 1559 the Spanish tried to establish the first U.S. settlement at this beach. Just a few weeks later a hurricane hit, sinking five ships and killing hundreds of the colonists. After famine and fighting, they abandoned the place in 1561. That left to St. Augustine the distinction of the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the New World.      Attachments:  

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Beach Time

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    It’s summertime and the skates were flocking.      Attachments:  

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Flock of Skates

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    Camouflaged sand?      Attachments:  

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Mottled Place

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    The best way to cruise the beach…      Attachments:  

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Beach Runner

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    From Tom T. Hall’s song, Redneck Riviera:<br /><br />'Gulf Shores up through Apalachicola<br />They got beaches of the whitest sand<br />Nobody cares if gramma's got a tattoo<br />Or Bubba's got a hot wing in his hand'<br />      Attachments:  

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Emerald Coast

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    Our first trips to the Gulf Coast beaches were in Eddy’s old Sunbeam sportscar in High School. This was his first trip in the SeaRey in more than five years. From his smile I don’t think he will wait that long until the next.      Attachments:  

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Still Tripping

    
  
Don Maxwell - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    The golfer and the Gulfer. They both look pleased.     
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    The radar at Destin showed a peninsula full of afternoon thunderstorms. As usual, the coast looked clear. I could get close to home anyway.      Attachments:  

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Gathering of Storms

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    Beach navigation is so easy: just follow the lines.      Attachments:  

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Easy Beach Lines

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    Do you suppose the house engineer calculated the air loads caused by those curved surfaces in hurricanes?      Attachments:  

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Beach Bungalows

    
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    You can count on the coast being clear most afternoons in Florida, unless it isn’t.      Attachments:  

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Clear Coast

    
  
Frank A. Carr - Jul 15,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    Thanks Dan for another great series of photos.     
  
Dan Nickens - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    Another thing you can hope for flying in Florida during the summer is for the afternoon thunderstorms to dissipate. If you’re lucky, you can sneak in from the coast in nothing more than a light shower or two, successfully evading all the summer storms.      Attachments:  

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End Run

    
  
Daniel Paul Myers - Jul 14,2013   Viewers  | Reply
    Flying across LA in a SeaRey is super fun. Planning an over <br />night stop is a tougher than <br />deciding what to buy in a vending machine in high school. I'll <br />always remember flying <br />across Lake Ponchatrain in 'Splash'. Sort of an erie feeling as <br />I flew directly over it and <br />saw the waves. I thought to myself, 'I hope I don't have a <br />problem here'.      Attachments:  

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IMG 5656

    


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