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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
May 6, 2012
Description:
Weather along the Red River? No worries. We’ll divert and take the long way around Dallas to go west.
Date Taken:
May 6, 2012
Place Taken:
East of Dallas, TX
Owner:
Dan Nickens
File Name:
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Category:
507, SeaReys to Seattle
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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First available water is good cause for an attitude change.
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First Available
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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There’s some parts of Texas unavailable to SeaReys. It calls for some high altitude flying.
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Not Available
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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Some water is unattractive for SeaReys due to a too high wood content.
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Unavailable Too
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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A good deviation around big thunderstorms is when you can’t even see them on the horizon.
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Good Deviation
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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Some places are too crowded by other aquatic flyers for SeaReys to squeeze in.
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Occupied by Others
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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Just one? I wood not count on it.
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Just One
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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When you’ve been denied water long enough, even a cow pond gets some consideration.
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Almost Tempting
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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Hmmm….if the storms chase us back, a quick splash in the pond and a barn becomes a hangar.
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Hangar Possibility
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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Any kind of wave would work for a SeaRey in distress, including waves of grain.
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Amber Waves
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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It looks like the red glare of the storm is going to win this race if you can believe the government supplied information. Your tax dollars at work for the free ADS-B weather. Free. Right. Not so much. But welcome when it’s offered.
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Racing the Red
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Don Maxwell - May 06,2012
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That ADS-B looks good on the iPad, Dan. Looks like you had gotten a bit of sun, too.
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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True times two, Don.
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Russ Garner - May 06,2012
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Dan, your oil prs. looks a little low aren't you close to TBO on that engine.
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Dan Nickens - May 07,2012
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Well spotted, Russ, identifying one of WT's little quirks. The oil pressure has never changed in the engine's 250 hours of work replacing the two others that retired after long and productive lives showing exactly the same number. The Rotax service guys said I could get a higher number if I changed the gauge. I said that would be too scary after 15 years of seeing it just where it is.<!-- >'"><br><font color=red size=6>' or > missing in user HTML. Please fix the HTML.</font> -->
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Russ Garner - May 07,2012
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Dan, you know your plane better than anyone and I realized again that I forgot the rules on this site after I made my observation so I will take it over to the tech site.
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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When the ground gets as red as the radar it’s not a bad thing.
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Real Red
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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Yee Haw! It’s the Brazos River come to welcome wayward and parched little SeaReys.
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Finally Found
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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What’s this? A hole in the wall of the river bank? Looks like a perfect spot for hiding a couple of renegade SeaReys.
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Hole in the Bank
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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Out of sight but not out of mind. Well, maybe a little bit out of our minds to squeeze in, but great to be on the inside.
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Quiet Hideout
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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It’s a tight fit between the tree trunk and the sunken snag. I brushed the snag with the port float on the way out. No harm in it.
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Departure Corridor
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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Sometimes all you need to do is look out of the cockpit for a giant Horizontal Situation Indicator.
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Horizontal Situation
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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Birds give this little pond their white seal of approval.
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White Lining
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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A SeaRey can easily outrun a storm…as long as it’s headed away.
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Race On
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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There was no room in hangar, so all we could do was chain them down and fervently hope the storm went away. It didn’t but the chains held. And a good Samaritan brought out the keys to the courtesy car for the trip to the hotel.
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Anchored Before the Storm
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Don Maxwell - May 06,2012
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Great sky photo!
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Dan Nickens - May 06,2012
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Stephenville, Texas is renowned for the Hard Eight Pit BBQ. The owner got money to open the store in Vegas on a hard eight. Mass quantities of food are available by the pound. The county wouldn't give them a liquour license, so beer is free. Transport from the airport is available by golf cart upon request.
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Hard Ate
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