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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Apr 27, 2008
Description:
The hour log of N220WT turned over to 2000 on this day.
It was a mark soon eclipsed, but not so soon forgotten.
Every hour different.
Some hours unlike anything else.
Every hour up on top.
Some hours so very high.
Every hour in the wind.
Some hours quietly floating.
Every hour a lesson.
Some hours so hard to accept.
Every hour way out there.
Some hours out there on the edge.
Every hour memorable.
Some hours indelibly inscribed.
Every hour so alive.
Some hours the best of my life.
Date Taken:
Apr 27, 2008
Place Taken:
Lake Apopka, FL
Owner:
Dan Nickens
File Name:
2000th_Hour.jpg - Photo HTML
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Category:
16, N220WT
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Read what others had to say:
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Kenneth Leonard - Apr 27,2008
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Congratulations Dan.
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Bård Sørbye - Apr 27,2008
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Congratulations Dan, here's hoping there will be another 2000 - and another - and ...
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John Robert Dunlop - Apr 27,2008
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Wel spoke Mate!
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Frank A. Carr - Apr 27,2008
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And may all these new hours be accompanied by as beautiful photos, stories and tales as the first 2000! Congratulations Dan!
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Eric Batterman - Apr 27,2008
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Well done Dan! Next stop Tierra Del Fuego?
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Dan Nickens - Apr 27,2008
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Hmmm...there is a SeaRey owner in Chile. Maybe he would be interested (though he did tell me the length of Chile's coastline is far beyond his SeaRey's range).
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Eric Batterman - Apr 27,2008
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Dan, I have relatives in Santiago if you need a place to stay...
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Don Maxwell - Apr 28,2008
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Eric! Do you also have relatives in western Bolivia, perhaps, or southeast Peru--on the shores of Lake Titicaca? If so, maybe they'd like to host a SeaRey splash-in. ¿Sí?
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Eric Batterman - Apr 28,2008
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Only 914's need attend
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Dennis Scearce - Apr 27,2008
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That's a pretty high bar you've set, Dan. Only 1663 more hours and I'll have caught up with you!! That is if you were to stop flying now - which ain't gonna happen.
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Bruno Grondin - Apr 28,2008
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Dan for me your best sentence is (Some hours the best of my life) it did really hit me in the parts... wow... Je suis content pour toi et jespère que je vais atteindre ce chiffre en toute sUcuritU. I have a big 50 hours in my log and I though I knew everything, I feel so small now...hehehe (keep on seareying)<br /><br />Best<br />Bruno
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Dan Nickens - Apr 28,2008
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I envy you, Bruno, knowing the fantastic hours you will add to your log. The grandest hours are ahead of you. In all security? Perhaps not so much. The only absolute security is death, so..... la vie longue votre insUcuritU!
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Randy Wilder - Apr 28,2008
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A well deserved congratulations for your many aerial accomplishments and the untold number of inspirations provided to so many builders and new flyers... and thanks for taking us along.
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Dan Nickens - Apr 28,2008
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Thanks to all for your kind congratulations and your friendship that made the hours so enjoyable.
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Matt Tucciarone - Apr 28,2008
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Just curious, Were all those hours on the same engine?
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Dan Nickens - Apr 28,2008
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Not the same engine, Matt. The perfectly good 80 hp 912 was 'upgraded'  to a 100 hp 912S at 560 hours.
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Matt Tucciarone - Apr 29,2008
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Wow!! That still means that you went 1,440 on the 912s. That is good news. I have heard of people going over 2,000 hours with them but it was second hand hearsay. I only have 400 on mine and hope mine lasts like yours. Congrats. Just for fun, does anyone know the record hours on a Searey or Aventura airframe?
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Bill Furr - Apr 28,2008
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Congrats Dan, What year was it put in service?
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Dan Nickens - Apr 28,2008
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N220WT first flew in 1998, Bill.
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Joe Friend - Apr 28,2008
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Congratulations to a wiley and intrepid aviator and his SeaRey. Your adventures are an inspiration. Keep 'em flyin'.<br />
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Swede Rundquist - Apr 28,2008
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Congratulations Dan. I hope I can get to half of that. Only 840 to go.
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Philip Mendelson - Apr 28,2008
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Congrats Professor! and THANKS for all that you do for the Entire Flying community!!!
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Rick Oreair - Apr 28,2008
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Way to go Dan, you 'da man!
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Russ Garner - Apr 28,2008
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Dan, I may hold the record for the most Seareys in one place but you hold<br />the record for the most places in one Searey.<br />Hats off to the Searey man...
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Fred Glasbergen - Apr 29,2008
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That is a great accomplishment, glad you where able to do some of that time in my part of the world.
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Don Maxwell - Apr 29,2008
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Dan, what I like even better than the 2,000 SeaRey hours is this part of your report: 'It was a mark soon eclipsed....' It's good to know you're not resting on your laurels!
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Steve Gromak - Apr 29,2008
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Gift Of The Seagull <br /> by Munda<br /> <br />A lonely seagull flies the winds<br />Majestic... soaring...gliding wings<br />A single screech sounds from the sky<br />Come fly with me... come here and fly<br /><br />My spirit floats to be a part<br />I feel the beating of its heart<br />My soul, one with this bird of sea<br />Now knows the meaning to fly free<br /><br />I feel the winds caress my soul<br />And soar the streams without a goal<br />My being trembles of delight<br />A treasure I received tonight<br /><br />The seagull's flight of soaring high<br />The gift of what it means to fly<br /><br />Fly on Dan, Fly on....and thanks for sharing your adventures.<br /> <br />
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John Spratt - Apr 29,2008
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Well spoken and congratuations! May the Millennium Machine fly on!
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Kevin D'Angelo - Apr 29,2008
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Dan-congratulations on that milestone but especially thanks for all the pictures, advice and inspirations you have given all of us over the years.<br />Also thanks for your spare parts bin, where would I be without it
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Gene Hammond - Apr 29,2008
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Surely a landmark - no, a seamark!!<br /><br />The best part, in my humble opinion, is that you've spent many of those hours really moving the Searey around the country. I congratulate you on the time, but even more strongly thank you for allowing us to share your flights to all those places!
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Wade Holt - Apr 29,2008
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Dan,<br />N8068H just turned over 100 hours. You had better watch your 6, I'm gunning for you 
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