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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Jan 6, 2013
Description:
Early chart for James River pilots, with 1607 navlog.
Found this at the Jamestown Island archeological museum today. Still good advice for seaplane pilots everywhere.
Date Taken:
Jan 6, 2013
Place Taken:
Jamestown Island, VA
Owner:
Don Maxwell
File Name:
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Russ Garner - Jan 07,2013
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Don, you've been flying the river awhile now and probably would be a good source for information to fellow seaplane pilots on navigation as far as places you may want to avoid touching down along the river.
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Don Maxwell - Jan 07,2013
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It's a fairly big river, Russ--about 350 miles long, all of it in Virginia. I'm getting to know the lower James fairly well and have flown the portion in the piedmont above Richmond (where the fall line is) many times, but have yet to fly the upper portion west of Lynchburg, where it cuts through the mountains. It would be fun for a bunch of SeaReys to fly the entire length.<br /><br />Above Lynchburg it's 200-400 feet wide in most places. Between Lynchburg and Hopewell, it's 400-500 feet wide. Below Hopewell--the portion shown in the chart above--it widens considerably. Where we live (on the east side of the sharp point east of #6) it's about 2 miles across, but there are two places farther downstream where it narrows to about 1500 feet. (My friend Tommy lives at the western of the two narrow places.) <br /><br />The river is tidal below Richmond, but fresh water down to about #4, where it becomes brackish. Saltwater fishing begins around #5, I think, or maybe not until #8, Jamestown Island, but it's still brackish even there.<br /><br />You can land almost everywhere on the James. The only real hazards in the tidewater portion are submerged pilings, left over from 400 years of European and American occupation. They can extend out as much as 400 feet from shore and are impossible to see at high tide--so go slowly. Wires cross the lower James in only three places that I know of, and they're well marked (for wires). Above Richmond there are a few wires, but not many. But they're not marked at all, so it's WOW! country up there. Watch Out for Wires!<br /><br />Above the fall line, there are long, deep pools, with shallow, rocky places in between, and it's fairly easy to find places to land. <br /><br />I think Jeff Arnold has explored the upper James in the Shenandoah Valley.<br /><br />Virginia is a good seaplane state, by the way. Come and check it out!
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John Robert Dunlop - Jan 07,2013
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Sounds like a wonderful plan.. Hmmm.. I'll show you mine if you'll.. or rather I'll fly yours if you fly mine 
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Russ Garner - Jan 07,2013
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I really would love to Don sounds like a great trip in Searey's and close enough to me that I can get there in a day if not the next morning.
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