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Posted By: Hal Brown
Date Posted: May 4, 2012
Description: ...with a rather complicated back story.
Date Taken: May 4, 2012
Place Taken: Lake Havasu, AZ
Owner: any mouse
File Name: 0___A_happy_sight.jpg   - Photo HTML
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Category: 367, Amphibians
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Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    THE THIRD IN THE SERIES, EVERYDAY IN A SEAPLANE IS AN ADVENTURE.<br /><br />With sincere apologies to any real reporters out there and for all the fans tuning in late, the first chapter covered the creation of a “Frankenplane” back when they were legal.<br /><br />Flying surfaces from a Cub, a spare O-320 and a set of plans all came together in 1992 as a boat hulled seaplane. <br /><br />Twenty eventful years elapsed before the builder, at 88 (names not used to protect the innocent), decided that family responsibilities precluded him from further PIC flight in his creation. <br /> <br />     
  
Mark Alan MacKinnon - May 05,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Apology accepted Tom; read my report below....     
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    The second chapter unfolded with Builder Hal --dernit, a name leaked -- seeking out and selling the craft to three otherwise fine upstanding airport gentlemen of means…with the builder retaining an honorary quarter share.<br /> <br />The condition inspection performed immediately after the sale cost each partner more than their initial purchase price. This inspection, while thorough, obviously missed something.     
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    On Tuesday, word filtered back that while everyone was “O.K.”, the plane was stranded on a Lake Havasu beach 15 miles south of town and four miles from the nearest road. <br /><br />Something had been hit that punched a small hole in the hull.<br /><br />A posse was quickly assembled to carry out the recovery. A piece of aluminum sheet field attached over the hole might enable the plane to be flown out. How attached? Maybe with glue? Nah, screws. Screws into thin plywood? Ok, then use fender washers and tinnermans on the inside. What if it leaks? RTV can solve everything. Great, the plan was set.<br />     
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    The carefully sized and prepared “patch” would not fit in the ferry plane and had to be “field modified” before we even launched.      Attachments:  

1 first field mod.jpg
1 first field mod

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    No worries about lost time as the posse blasts past Palm Springs at nine.five and 192 knots.<br /><br />Gosh! How is this possible? The SeaReyer on board was dam near delirious.      Attachments:  

2 192kts .jpg
2 192kts

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    The posse numbered six while the car's seats numbered five...and who wants to hold the patch?      Attachments:  

3 Keystone Kops.jpg
3 Keystone Kops

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    The posse might need a boat.<br /><br />Thought you had one.<br /><br />Yea, but my brother in law broke it.<br /><br />Well, maybe they rent boats here!<br /><br />      Attachments:  

4 wonder if anybody rents boats.jpg
4 wonder if anybody rents boats

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    A boat was found and rented.<br /><br />When can we have our arm and leg back?<br /><br />Never.      Attachments:  

5 under London Bridge.jpg
5 under London Bridge

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Now this is what I'm talking about...a 45 minute boat ride.<br /><br />Life is good and there is the plane and from here it looks ok.      Attachments:  

6 Plane sighted.jpg
6 Plane sighted

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    That water is not cold, is it?      Attachments:  

7 belay that line .jpg
7 belay that line

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    I thought you said it was a small hole....      Attachments:  

8 uh oh.jpg
8 uh oh

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Oh no!      Attachments:  

9 Dry Rot .jpg
9 Dry Rot

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Think, guys! How can we do this now?      Attachments:  

10 Second field mod.jpg
10 Second field mod

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    This might work...      Attachments:  

11 More mods.jpg
11 More mods

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    A crowd began to gather.      Attachments:  

12 a couple of the curious.jpg
12 a couple of the curious

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Daylights a'burning. Maybe it will float now.      Attachments:  

13 floating nah still on gear..jpg
13 floating nah still on gear.

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    This just might work...but stay in lake effect and don't rotate till the bilge pump gets all the water out.<br /><br />Yes. The patch leaked. But how could it with all that sealant? That water had to be coming from somewhere else.<br /><br />Yea. Right.      Attachments:  

14 Commence flight ops .jpg
14 Commence flight ops

    
  
Tom White - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    All is well that ends well.<br /><br />Maybe we'll get back in time not to miss the first round after the bell!      Attachments:  

15 PSP again.jpg
15 PSP again

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Great rescue story and photos, Tom.     
  
Don Maxwell - May 04,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Great story, Tom, and well told!     
  
Chris Vernon-Jarvis - May 05,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    I thought they only still did these things in Alaska     
  
Mark Alan MacKinnon - May 05,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    First, I would like to suggest that under 'Place Taken', folks add more info where the pic was taken. For example, I have no idea where Lake Havasus is.<br /><br />Second, this is an Anderson Kingfisher, and from what I can see from the pics, one of the nicer ones I've seen. Please don't call it a 'Frankenplane'. This is the plane that got me excited about homebuilts, and amphibians in particular, when I was about 15 years old. My family moved next door to Earl Anderson and his original Kingfisher on Little Sebago Lake in Maine around 1975. I consider myself very priviledged to have known him then, and had gotten a few rides in his plane before he sold it.<br />The Kingfisher, like the Volmer Sportsman before it (the first successful homebuilt amphibian), both used either Cub or scratch built wings from the plans. Using Cub wings speeded the building process, since these were way before kits, and all wood, hardware, fiberglass, etc. had to be scrounged, and most parts fabricated by hand.<br />Are these heavy compared to Seareys and other light sport amphibs today? Sure, but wood, plywood and fiberglass was the best they had in 1969, when Earl designed his baby.     


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