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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Jul 3, 2011
Description:
On a summer holiday weekend there isn’t room on the ramp for a little SeaRey. It was shuffled off on to the grass with the Bonanzas, Barons and other little planes.
Date Taken:
Jul 3, 2011
Place Taken:
Martha's Vineyard, MA
Owner:
Dan Nickens
File Name:
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Category:
425, Yacht Tending
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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Protecting Narragansett Bay required multiple forts, including Fort Adams.
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Bay Fort
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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On a holiday weekend it can be tough to find shore accommodations. Yum Yum (N7UM) found bedding at the old Katama Aerodrome. The aerodrome is actually a nature preserve. That must really confuse anti-airport extremists! It has been an airport since 1925. The burning and mowing required to keep it open actually preserved a small pocket of prairie habitat that once dominated the northwest portion of the island. Sand-plain grasslands are endangered environments limited to Massachusetts’ coastal islands and Long Island.
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Down on the farm
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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On a summer Independence Day even the clouds seemed to be celebrating.
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Celebrating Clouds
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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Just your typical island girl: a corporate attorney.
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Island Girl
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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When you park on Menemsha Pond you wade ashore very carefully. Menemsha is where “Jaws” was filmed.
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Shark Bait
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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Some people prefer helicopters. There is no accounting for taste.
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Chasing YumYum
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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The island is colorful. These are the Gay Head Cliffs. (You can’t make this stuff up.)
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Color Filled Cliffs
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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Beach on Martha’s island can get pretty pricey. Access to beach can be had for $50,000 per year. Not this beach, though. Squibnocket Beach is for the Kennedy clan and their guests.
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High Price Coast
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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Here is where the Kennedy’s hang out when they are on the island. Matt Damon owns a house on the same pond.
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Kennedy Compound
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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Biplanes rides keep the Katama Aerodrome going. Unfortunately the Hysterical Society won’t let them improve the hangar. There are only a few weeks a year to make money. When the president visits, the DHiS makes the place close down and the year is a loss. Not good for the airport economy but at least we can all feel safer.
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Oldtime Island Aviation
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Frank A. Carr - Jul 04,2011
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Great photo Dan. Is there a hidden meaning in the abbreviation 'DHiS'?
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Dan Nickens - Jul 04,2011
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Sorry, Frank: that's the Department of Homeland inSecurity.
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Frank A. Carr - Jul 04,2011
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I knew it, I knew it; it couldn't be a typo! But let's give them <br />their due; they have an unblemished record of never having <br />caught a terrorist.
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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The bridge across Pocha Pond is notoriously tough to cross after a good party. Run off it and your date can drown. If you are a U.S. Senator, however, you get a pass.
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Hazardous Crossing
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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The Battleship Massachusetts (“Big Mamie”) rests with its flotilla (Submarine Lionfish, Destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. and the Soviet Missile Corvette Hiddensee) at Battleship Cove.
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Westport Armada
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Dan Nickens - Jul 03,2011
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Mothballed at Newport, the old carrier (ex-Saratoga, AVT-60) was perfectly positioned for a touch and go. She is scheduled for the scrap man anyway, so who would care?
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Steel Temptation
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