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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Sep 8, 2006
Description:
This is for Eric Batterman--the Delaware River, only a few SeaRey miles from where he is building his kit.
Eric, you can land on the water and tie up along either bank to go for a hamburger. The left bank is NJ and the right, PA.
(This site is straining its memory budget--so I'll mention that this is also an example of how a big picture can be compressed without affecting the appearance a whole lot. The resolution is 3264x2448 pixels. The original file that my camera saved is a 925 KB jpg, but by increasing the jpg compression ratio on my computer I got the filesize down to 249 KB without degrading the appearance or detail noticeably. Many 3 MB pictures can be similarly compressed to less than 500 KB.)
Date Taken:
Sep 8, 2006
Place Taken:
Lambertville, NJ
Owner:
Don Maxwell
File Name:
PICT0063_DelawareR_30pc.jpg - Photo HTML
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Medium - <img src="/show.php?splash=SZW5P0000m">
Thumbnail - <img src="/show.php?splash=SZW5P0000s">
Category:
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Frank A. Carr - Sep 08,2006
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Don, I often post photos well under 100 KB on my family web site which is <br />fine for printing up to a 4 x 6' print and it shows up just fine on the site.
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Don Maxwell - Sep 08,2006
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I do the same on my own site, Frank. Lots of pics don't need to be either high-resolution or high-fidelity (uncompressed). On the other hand, sometimes a picture might contain important small details that warrant posting the largest possible version of it. (This isn't one of those, and its days here are numbered.)
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Kenneth Leonard - Sep 08,2006
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So Don - NJ forbids all seaplane operations on water - PA does not. How does the law go for the Deleware between the two? Can't taxi to touch the NJ shore? It's a real shame too 'cause there are lots of fine lakes in Jersey.
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Don Maxwell - Sep 08,2006
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Ken, you could be right about seaplane ops in New Jersey, although it's unlikely that the state could prohibit them on navigable waters like the lower Delaware River. <br /><br />The SPA's Water Landing Directory says of NJ, 'Seaplane ops permitted only at licensed seaplane bases.' But in a quick search of the New Jersey Division of Aeronautics website I couldn't find anything about seaplane restrictions. I suppose if I were really worried I'd phone them and ask. I did that with Illinois a couple of years ago and was told that their rather oppressive-looking rules are designed to regulate commercial seaplane ops--although the word 'commercial' didn't appear in them--and that they aren't applied to seaplanes used for recreation.<br /><br />Actually, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is probably more strict about seaplane ops than NJ most other states are. Many, many lakes are closed. But the big rivers are, for the most part, open.
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Eric Batterman - Sep 08,2006
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There are seaplane bases on the Delaware between PA and NJ, both on the PA side (Essington 9N2 under PHL traffic, and a private one up north). Much of the upper Delaware is off limits in the State parks. Elsewhere is not well defined. Welcome to NJ and PA seaplanes, one of Dante's lower levels, example:<br /><br />GREENWOOD LAKE - OPEN w/RESTRICTIONS. Coordinates: N41-11.33; W074-19.33. Approx Elevation: unknown. Notes: Carrying passengers for hire prohibited on the NY portion of the lake. Land and takeoff only in the portion of the lake within NY state; NJ half of the lake is closed to takeoffs and landings. Carriage of passengers for hire prohibited by NY General Business Laws, Article 14 (Aircraft), Section 248. <br /><br />Note that Greenwood lake seaplane base (6NJ7) is in NJ. - so you have to taxi about 1/4 mile to NY side before flying.<br /><br />PA is nearly as bad as NJ, however the lake I'm on is private, and Lake Wallenpaupack, the largest lake in the area, is only 2 miles away and seaplane legal. At least I'm not too far from good lakes in NY and points north.<br /><br />
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Don Maxwell - Sep 10,2006
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Finding out which waterways are open and closed to seaplanes doesn't always turn out to be easy and the answers you get aren't always a clear yes or no--as I found in my phone conversation with the Illinois official.<P>The <I>Water Landing Directory </I>includes some basic rules for most states, but many of them are rather cryptic--especially from a seaplane pilot's point of view. Most of the other info in the Directory comprises reports from pilots concerning waterways they have found to be open or closed. Mike Volk, the recent past SPA director, would not include such pireps unless he could verify them officially, and was very careful with his wording. He said he thought it was better to say nothing than to get it wrong. Therefore, the Directory doesn't list most waterways--only the ones he was sure about.<P>So what are we to do about alighting on an unknown waterway? (That's an <I>open</I> question!) <P>One rule of thumb is that if a waterway is closed to motorboats, or to motors above, say, 15 hp, then it's almost certainly closed to seaplanes. But the reverse isn't as clear: if it's open to motorboats, if still may be closed to seaplanes. <P>I guess the only sure thing is to ask the owners or controllers of the waterway. We might not like the answer, though. And just asking might stir up trouble and get the waterway closed when the owners or operators hadn't even thought about it before.<P>What about those "precautionary landings" you hear about? I've never had to make that claim and don't know what the result might be. I suppose that it would be good to have been observed inspecting the engine or removing a spark plug.<P>Anyway, as far as I know, the <I>Water Landing Directory </I> is our best source and contributing pireps to it is essential. And the SPA is probably our best advocate, so supporting it with membership dues is a good investment.<!-- >'"><br><font color=red size=6>' or > missing in user HTML. Please fix the HTML.</font> -->
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Jeff Arnold - Sep 10,2006
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It's easier to ask foregivness than permission!!
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Eric Batterman - Sep 10,2006
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That's my plan
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Wade Holt - Sep 11,2006
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Don,<br />How does one increase the jpg compression? I have a lot of difficulty with large meg pictures.<br /><br />Thanks,
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Don Maxwell - Sep 11,2006
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Wade, to compress photos, you'll need some kind of image-processing software on your computer. (Many digital cameras can also save new pictures with lower quality, but they're still rather low compression. Some can also make small duplicates for emailing, but they're usually VERY small.) <br /><br />I've posted a link to a free size reducer program in the Files section.<br /><br />But I just now decided to see what Microsoft's 'Paint' (which comes with Windows XP) does to jpg files. I loaded a 891 KB photo into Paint and did Save As. There was no choice of compression ratio--but the new version is only 336 KB, yet it has the same pixel dimensions as the original. That's almost a 3:1 reduction in filesize, with no new software to install. (Paint isn't much good for improving pictures, but it seems to be useful for this one purpose.) Paint is in Start/Programs/Accessories.
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