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Posted By: Hal Brown
Date Posted: May 2, 2012
Description: SeaReys and other bush planes all start the day even under low hanging clouds, because they can.
Date Taken: May 2, 2012
Place Taken: Destin, FL
Owner: Dan Nickens
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Category: 507, SeaReys to Seattle
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Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    The military uses the Gulf, but shares its skies with the little guys.      Attachments:  

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Reason for Restriction

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    An IFB Flight: “I Follow Beaches”. Navigating is easy.      Attachments:  

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IFB

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    The opening into Pensacola Bay is a clue to veer left and clear the jet traffic pattern at the Naval Air Station.      Attachments:  

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Bay Break

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Well, they sorta looked like sharks.      Attachments:  

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Vicious Man Eating Pod of Porpoise

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Navigating through corridors of civilization enroute to the wilderness is just another minor challenge.      Attachments:  

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Ground Clutter

    
  
Bill Walker - May 03,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Great shot of my home town. Wow, has it changed. Thanks     
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    An unplanned early stop made necessary by my nemeses: electrical gremlins. First they swarmed all over the airplanes. A horde of 15 volts unleashed, unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. They screeched into the radio with the strobe, transponder, fuel pump and anything ancillary to flight.<br /><br />“Let me just get on the ground and I’ll sort ya out!”<br /><br />Of course that was a threat without force.<br /><br />On downwind for landing as I selected gear down and they surged in a final assault. Everything electrical in the cockpit simply disappeared. Stone cold dead.<br /><br />It would be a short landing on the concrete with the gear up. I quickly decided to continue to the Gulf waters.<br /><br />But what of the other traffic in the pattern? My wingman would follow. The others would just have to get out of the way.<br /><br />Well, it would be polite to warn them. I’ll just try cycling the circuit breaker and the master switch.<br /><br />Wait! Why is the master switch off? I did not turn it off. No way, no how. Gremlins! Sneaky bastards, little circling energy waves of probability, barely containing their malicious mischief!<br /><br />Turn on the master switch and they had vanished. Just like that, they were gone. No noise. No spiking gauges. Gear coming down. Everything was working just as if it had never happened.<br /><br />Now, on the ground, try explaining an unexpected stop to your wingman!<br /><br />“I figured we could use some extra fuel.”<br />      Attachments:  

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Stop and Go

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Leaving Alabama for the wilds of Mississippi.      Attachments:  

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Last Outpost

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Breaking up is easy to do if you are a shifty barrier island. It’s what they do. It’s not what the Corpse of Engineers wants.<br /><br />“Bring on the Rocks!”<br /><br />Question: Is it still a barrier island if it’s buried under boulders?<br />      Attachments:  

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Enforced Marriage

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Where is that blue sky that the weatherman promised?      Attachments:  

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Lowering the Ceiling

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    I knew there was a good reason not to like tail winds! They kick up waves.      Attachments:  

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Open Gulf

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    It’s not all rough. Water protected by the sand is perfect for little flying boats.      Attachments:  

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Over a Calm Spot

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Puff basking in spot of sunshine over a patch of crystalline water.      Attachments:  

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Clear Above and Below

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    If anyone asks, it’s an environmental survey of BP’s recovery effort.      Attachments:  

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Island Hopping

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Checking for barnacles. All clear.      Attachments:  

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Bottom Over Under Blue

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Lots of room over the top.      Attachments:  

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Cloud Level

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Up and over the top.      Attachments:  

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Clear on Top

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Is that really seaworthy?      Attachments:  

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Boat Check

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Chilling view.      Attachments:  

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Snow Covered Mountains

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Ops! Broke the shadow’s wing.      Attachments:  

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Shadow Testing

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    At least the waves weren’t so big anymore.      Attachments:  

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Shoal Approach 2

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Shoal Approach

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Good thing there is sand and calm water off the starboard wing.      Attachments:  

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SeaRey Eating Waves

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Not all straits are challenging.      Attachments:  

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Another Strait Crossing

    
  
Don Maxwell - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    No, but some are dire.     
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    No worries today.      Attachments:  

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Future Strait

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    It’s not all white sand and blue water out on the edge of the Gulf.      Attachments:  

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Green White and Blue

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Touching down on the horizon is a precision maneuver.      Attachments:  

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Touching Horizon

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    It might be rough out on the surf, but the sand is smooth.      Attachments:  

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Not Rough Going

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    In the narrow airspace between the sand and the surf is a great place for a SeaRey.      Attachments:  

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Flying on Edge

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Stacked 3 high.      Attachments:  

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Tight Formation

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    If low hanging clouds push a SeaRey down, it’s not always a bad thing.      Attachments:  

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Pressed Down

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Squeezed between the clouds and the salty spray.      Attachments:  

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Over Ocean Spray

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    “Sharks!”<br /><br />“Oh, I don’t think so. It’s kelp.”<br /><br />“Yeah, well, if it helps to believe that, I’ll go with kelp too.”<br />      Attachments:  

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Not Kelp

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    The big brown river has spilled dust from mighty mountains brought low by the allied forces of water into the Gulf in a massive torrent of mud for eons.      Attachments:  

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Mouth of the Mississippi

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Little plane in a big place.      Attachments:  

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Delta Plane

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Even a big river can get a traffic jam with traffic flying by.      Attachments:  

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Chase Plane

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    The cars on the levee slowed when they saw the patrol plane pass overhead.      Attachments:  

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Levee Patrol

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    If you want to get down, dirty and wet, the Mississippi is the place for it. A friend said his mother always knew when he slipped off for a swim. His white underwear came back a creamy tan. “They never would come clean,” he said. I didn’t test the story.      Attachments:  

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Mud Bath

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Soon to be wiped clean by waves and wind.      Attachments:  

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Razed

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Even the green stuff will float a SeaRey out in the vast marshlands.      Attachments:  

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Wet Weeds

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Some ponds are just a bit small even for a SeaRey.      Attachments:  

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Little Ponds

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    It’s hard to see a good landing lane for the trees.      Attachments:  

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Obstacle Course

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    It’s good for seaplanes.      Attachments:  

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One Straight Watery Way

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    The Intracoastal Waterway is an oil avenue.      Attachments:  

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Industrial Waterway

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    It’s great to have options: paved, unpaved, and water. All had a strong crosswind. Lead took the grass. I took two times to get on the pavement.      Attachments:  

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Parallel Runways

    
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    “Excuse me sir, but this is not a parking place.”<br /><br />“Well, it is if your tail wheel unlocks and the engine quits as you’re taxing for takeoff.”<br /><br />The tail wheel was an easy fix (grease). The engine was too…with time and money.<br />      Attachments:  

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Not a Parking Place

    
  
Don Maxwell - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport looks like a good place to repair an amphibious flying boat.     
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    In Louisiana, some days the gator eats you, some days you eat gator (with hot Tabasco sauce).      Attachments:  

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Eating Gator

    
  
Charles Pickett - May 03,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    I love there Tabasco not sure about the Gator     
  
Dan Nickens - May 02,2012   Viewers  | Reply
    If you like your food with oil, you should have been in Louisiana in 1994 (or 2010). “Next time, Richard, you can choose the restaurant.”      Attachments:  

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Oily Dinner

    


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