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Precision flying

By lex, on July 21st, 2008

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July 21st, 2008 | Tags: | Category: Flying

13 comments to Precision flying

  • Idaho Joe
    July 21, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    Holy Smokes! Wouldn’t want to be standing on that lake shore.

  • Grumpy
    July 21, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    @Idaho Joe, unless the 4th picture is a product of something like “Photoshop”. It appears there are at least 4 people standing near the shore with a dog, border collie. There still appears to be daylight under the plane. I wonder if there is a mixture of a lack of wisdom and great deal of flying skill involved here.

  • Humble1390
    July 21, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    Saw these on Airwarriors a few days ago.

    They make me wish the Nav still had flying boats, like the Albatross and PBY.

  • PeterGunn
    July 21, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    Port Alberni is their home base on Vancouver Island, BC and you’ll need your BMW motorcycle for the most fun getting there. The road is full of twisty’s and there isn’t much between point A and B. Salmon fishing is the #1 product out there, that and beautiful coastline. We’re talking rugged, rocky, and cold water!

  • Fast Nav
    July 21, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    Is that precision flying, or a near crash?

    I guess the difference lies in whether or not you walk away, huh?

  • XBradTC
    July 21, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    Well, those water tanks aren’t gonna fill themselves. Ya gotta go to the water.
    Anyone who saw the Speilberg movie “Always” saw a great shot of a PBY skimming for water.

  • bwaffle
    July 21, 2008 at 8:01 pm

    Man that Martin Mars is HUGE! Man the compared to the other flying boats this is like taking your Old Grand Dads Lincoln Continental out. She doesnt turn on a dime and you have to use your Day Planner to plan your moves…

    Balls! and Big Brass ones at that!

  • Navy CPO
    July 22, 2008 at 8:09 am

    I just want to know if he was landing or mowing the weeds?

  • sid
    July 22, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    You can take a ride on a similar vintage boat…

  • blackeagle603
    July 22, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    Dad worked for Pan Am during the twilight of the Clipper Flying Boats. We had all the cool promo literature around the house for years. I never stood a chance…

  • Quartermaster
    July 22, 2008 at 4:31 pm

    I wonder if they are hiring.

  • Grumpy
    July 22, 2008 at 6:04 pm

    @bwaffle, I can not resist, but I must agree with your last line.

    “Balls! and Big Brass ones at that!”

    I would add, “Balls, ALL BIG BRASS BALLS, BUT NO BRAINS!”

  • virgil xenophon
    July 22, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    When I was in ROTC one of my instructors said ( Circa 1963): “There are three a/c sounds that are so unique that once you hear them you’ll know what a/c it is sight unseen: (1) the squeek of the breaks on a C-124,(2) the thrashing sound of the engines of an Albatross and (3) the hi-pitch squeal
    of a T-37 Tweety bird. I heard the first during ROTC camp at old Lockbourne , Ohio AFB in 1965; the 3rd in plt tng and #2 the old Albatross at DaNang. And the guy was right! In the case of #1 and 2 I heard the sound before I even saw the bird, yet knew instantly it could be only one thing–so distinctive are those sounds!
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