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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Aug 26, 2012
Description:
A need for a photo of a SeaRey doing a turn to starboard was justification for a flying break. The trick on big water is to find a place without large swells for some fast step taxi. Richard did just that.
Date Taken:
Aug 26, 2012
Place Taken:
San Juan Islands, WA
Owner:
Dan Nickens
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513, San Juan SeaReys
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Dan Nickens - Aug 26,2012
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There are lots of protected straits to check out amongst the islands.
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Circling San Juans
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Dan Nickens - Aug 26,2012
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Unfortunately even without swells a SeaRey can make its own. But that’s just a hop skip and jump for a proficient SeaRey pilot.
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SeaRey Skips
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Dan Nickens - Aug 26,2012
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Dan Nickens - Aug 26,2012
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The waves hardly count if you’re just idling around.
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Making Waves
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Dan Nickens - Aug 26,2012
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Dan Nickens - Aug 26,2012
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Wait! What’s that golden glow? Sunset? So soon?
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Sun Streaking
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Dan Nickens - Aug 26,2012
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Time to get off the bar and head home.
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Working Late
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Dan Nickens - Aug 26,2012
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Getting off the water brings the sun back up.
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Homeward Bound
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Steve Kessinger - Aug 28,2012
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sigh..... No wonder OspRey has been so restless lately, shaking her wings and looking at the sky, telling me to hurry up.
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Dan Nickens - Aug 26,2012
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Larry Woods - Aug 27,2012
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Hi Dan:<br /><br />Did my careful examination of your excellent pictures detect a neat little 'Go Pro' Video camera attached to the top of the SeaRey overhead structure? If so, I suspect we have some nifty video coming our way. (g)<br /><br />Best,<br />Larry
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Dan Nickens - Aug 27,2012
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Now that’s attention to the details, Larry!<br /><br />There are some nifty videos. Richard has posted several on his site. Don’t wait for any from Whiskey Tango. That camera has come and gone.
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Larry Woods - Aug 27,2012
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Hi Dan:<br /><br />Where might I find Richard's site?<br /><br />Best,<br />Larry
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Dan Nickens - Aug 27,2012
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That's easy, Larry: <a href="http://www.richardbach.com/">www.richardbach.com</a> (his SeaRey videos can be found in his blog starting with 'Adventure Strikes').<br /><br />What about some GUL videos? Or for those living in discrete moments, some photos?
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Richard's Web Site
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Dan Nickens - Aug 28,2012
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Fog<br /><br />The fog comes<br />on little cat feet.<br />It sits looking<br />over harbor and city<br />on silent haunches<br />and then moves on.<br /><br />Carl Sandburg<br />
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Creeping In
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Dan Nickens - Aug 29,2012
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In the Fog<br /><br />I stared into the valley: it was gone –<br />wholly submerged! A vast flat sea remained,<br />gray, with no waves, no beaches; all was one.<br /><br />And here and there I noticed, when I strained, <br />the alien clamoring of small, wild voices: <br />birds that had lost their way in that vain land.<br /><br /> And high above, the skeletons of beeches, <br />as if suspended, and the reveries <br />of ruins and of the hermit’s hidden reaches.<br /><br />And a dog yelped and yelped, as if in fear,<br /> I knew not where nor why. Perhaps he heard <br />strange footsteps, neither far away nor near.<br /><br />echoing footsteps, neither slow nor quick, <br />alternating, eternal. Down I stared, <br />but I saw nothing, no one, looking back<br /><br />The reveries of ruins asked: “Will no <br />one come?” The skeletons of trees inquired: <br />“And who are you, forever on the go?”<br /><br />I may have seen a shadow then, an errant <br />shadow, bearing a bundle on its head. <br />I saw – and no more saw, in the same instant.<br /><br />All I could hear were the uneasy screeches <br />of the lost birds, the yelping of the stray, <br />and on that sea that lacked both waves and beaches,<br /><br />the footsteps, neither near nor far away.<br /><br />BY GIOVANNI PASCOLI<br />TRANSLATED BY GEOFFREY BROCK <br />
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Not Creeping
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Dan Nickens - Aug 29,2012
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Aboard At A Ship’s Helm<br /><br />ABOARD, at a ship's helm,<br />A young steersman, steering with care.<br /><br />A bell through fog on a sea-coast dolefully ringing,<br />An ocean-bell--O a warning bell, rock'd by the waves.<br /><br />O you give good notice indeed, you bell by the sea-reefs ringing,<br />Ringing, ringing, to warn the ship from its wreck-place.<br /><br />For, as on the alert, O steersman, you mind the bell's admonition,<br />The bows turn,--the freighted ship, tacking, speeds away under her<br />gray sails,<br /><br />The beautiful and noble ship, with all her precious wealth, speeds<br />away gaily and safe.<br /><br />But O the ship, the immortal ship! O ship aboard the ship! <br />O ship of the body--ship of the soul--voyaging, voyaging, voyaging. <br /><br />ByWalt Whitman<br />
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Steaming In
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John Robert Dunlop - Aug 29,2012
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Thank you, as ever, Dan..
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Charlie Gray - Sep 02,2012
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Dan, in my neighborhood and no 'email' ..... you should know better. Curt Bryan (remember the RV4 Blue Angel flight Mt Rainier) and I would buy you a dinner anytime. I hope Richard is ok after accident, I heard another Searey sank up in Whatcom Lake same day as Richards incident do you know who is? Hope all is good with you, if still around shoot email for a GTG.
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Dan Nickens - Sep 16,2012
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In the golden days of summer we made a point of flying off to explore the Great Northwest.
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Flying Off
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Dan Nickens - Sep 16,2012
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One of the beauties of this country is that a short flight quickly leaves the lowlands behind for high country.
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Heading Upstream
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Dan Nickens - Sep 16,2012
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Dan Nickens - Sep 16,2012
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The high water wasn’t high enough to hide some seaplane traps.
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High Overview
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Dan Nickens - Sep 16,2012
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Under the white topped mountains we found turquoise water.
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High Water Too
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Dan Nickens - Sep 16,2012
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Approach to a splash requires careful attention to the surrounding hard high country.
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High Water Approach
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Dan Nickens - Sep 16,2012
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Intentionally skipping within sight of high, hard water is fine play time.
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High Splashing
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Dan Nickens - Sep 16,2012
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Dan Nickens - Sep 16,2012
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Splashed in silver and leaving a trail.
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Sunstreaking
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Dan Nickens - Sep 16,2012
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After a day of play up high, it’s a low cruise out of the river valley, island bound.
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Over Flat Fields
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Dan Nickens - Sep 16,2012
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In this world you just never know when a departure closes a chapter on a historic fine time.
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Parting History
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Dan Nickens - Sep 16,2012
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Life is sprinkled with some hard tests. This is one. It looks horrible. But, I have a smart friend who says: “There’s no way to tell bad news from good as it’s happening. We’ll find out which the moment we realize, long-term, it’s all good.” Richard Bach, 'Travels with Puff'
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Tests Happen
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Don Maxwell - Sep 16,2012
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It's not your usual exquisite photograph, Dan, but it does have a certain hard beauty. The thin, light-colored wires replaced the old, weathered ones that would have been very hard to see, especially with the darker, thicker wires and the heavy poles coming first to catch the eye.
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Steve Kessinger - Sep 17,2012
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sigh.....
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Dan Nickens - Sep 16,2012
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Recovering a flight leader’s beloved airplane is a difficult task. It is not without its lessons, though. In Puff's broken cockpit was a reminder that we don’t fly alone. And, as that flight leader would say, “There are powers which can wreck the stage-sets in our worlds of appearances. There is no power that can kill the forever-spirit of who we are.” Richard Bach, 'Travels with Puff'<br /><br />Airplane and pilot are mending. Both will fly again.
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Learning Opportunities
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