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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Feb 2, 2005
Description:
Florida flyers have it just a little too easy, with all those nice round puddles of warm water. This is a bit more realistic for early February--a warm day, nearly 45 degrees F., with the LVR not those trees, but the edge of the ice up there ahead.
Date Taken:
Feb 2, 2005
Place Taken:
Central VA
Owner:
Don Maxwell
File Name:
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Category:
23, Max Pix
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Dan Nickens - Feb 03,2005
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Chillin, Don.....really, really chillin.
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Jeff Arnold - Feb 03,2005
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Glad to see you are having fun Don.<br /><br />I'm looking to fly to New London (W90) to get my annual sign off this weekend. Will have to 'trudge' though 1/2 mle of thin ice to get to the main part of Claytor Lake which is clear of ice for take off.<br /><br />Would be an especially bad time to swamt the plane eh?
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Don Maxwell - Feb 03,2005
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Better wear your foam rubber underwear, Jeff!<br /><br />Dan, the picture above is about as boring as they come--but I just couldn't see one more Florida Foney Flying Foto without protest. It's snowing again here today.
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Gene Hammond - Feb 04,2005
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Don,<br /><br />How much ice did you pick up on the airframe after landing?<br /><br />I was afraid to land on a river thinking I wouldn't be able to get out.<br /><br />Gene - 05G
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Don Maxwell - Feb 04,2005
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None, Gene, the air was well above freezing, and there was no ice where I landed. (I made VERY sure of that on an earlier pass.) <br /><br />But I wouldn't be inclined to alight in water if the air was below freezing on the way back to the airport. The gear might not want to go down. (To prevent that, I suppose it would be smart to cycle the gear several times right after takeoff from the water.)
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