Hey! It's been WAY too long!
Let's all meet for some AWESOME float flying on Saturday evening (Aug. 3), from 5:00pm til after dark, at Frenchman's Bay in Pickering.
You know the routine. I'll bring the boat, the beach, the water, and you bring your seaplanes, a lawn chair, and a willingness to have a great time.
I know there are a lot of seaplanes out there itching to get to the water. Do them a favour and bring them out for some water flying action on Saturday.
Here's a map:
https://maps.google.ca/maps?saddr=Whites+Rd%2FRegional+Rd+38&daddr=Beachpoint+Promenade&hl=en&ll=43.8118,-79.10182&spn=0.021182,0.041585&sll=43.811421,-79.092459&sspn=0.002648,0.005198&geocode=FbOWnAIdo85I-w%3BFa2FnAIdRCZJ-w&t=h&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=18&z=15
See you all there!
Robert
Water, Smarter, who needs water when you have wet grass.
Flew the Mentor off the field again today. That's the third time and each time it gets better.
That being said I look forward to Saturday, count me in.
Jack.
Ya. It's not the same... ;D
I've got permission from head office. ;D
CG looks ok. Ready to go.
Ben, Please refrain from posting your disgustingly clean work bench photos.
If Mary saw that photo it would undo 48 years of telling her that everyone has a messy bench.
Please make the next one suitably messy or plan on being a correspondent in numerous divorce litigations.
Jack.
Jack just tell her that's his kitchen counter like I did mine!
That's not a workbench. Where are the drill holes, burn marks, glue blobs, over spray outlines, razor cuts, and dust... WHERE'S THE DUST!!! Oh, and the clutter! WHERE'S THE CLUTTER!
I need to go home and tidy.
Oh, and I'm glad to see those floats mounted ;D
Robert
The other side of the room has my computer stuff in it, so no dust allowed. I have a mini dyson--amazing little machine. I also have an exceedingly small workspace so I have to tidy as I go or there's no room to work on anything. I was much messier when I had a whole unfinished basement to work in.
Hope it's not too windy to fly today. Packing the car now.
Wow!
That was fun.
Despite high and gusty winds, our bravado won out! ;D
About a dozen flyers showed up, and after Simon started to fly, everyone else got into it.
There were easily more than 20 flights, and not a single crash!
Thanks Robert, for organizing; It was great!
I had my first take off and landing on water ....what a great time!!
It was windy but it was awesome! Thanks to Jack and Robert for being the catalysts.
And especially thank you to Robert for the boat. Glad we only needed it a few times.
Great fun.
Photos, by Greg Hazelton.
Some VERY cool pictures! Thanks for posting
You should have been there.
Next Saturday same time. You have a week to get your affairs in order.
Jack.
Ya know. These float flyers are a hardy bunch. Any person in their right mind would have considered last night to be a right-off for float flying, but after some time to give the weather a chance to improve, people seemed to get impatient and decided to go for it. And before we knew it, we were enjoying a very fun, exciting, and rewarding float fly!
It was Simon who was the first in the air with his Formosa on floats, Then Glenn followed with a test flight... that's right, a maiden in what would be a scale hurricane and 10ft waves! Everyone else, like Michael, Jack, Nestor, me "dove in" and flew and flew and flew! Can you believe that not only did Greg H bring out his newly set-up float plane with own designed and built floats, but HE even went for what was to be his first time flying from water! Awesome!
I tell ya, if these guys can handle those conditions, there's no holding back this float flying thing. We gotta keep it up. Next week again for sure... I'll post an event shortly. And the weather HAS to be better!
Oh ya, and despite the crazy wind (the weather actually looks quite nice in the pictures (thanks Greg), but don't let that fool you), no planes were harmed in the making of that fantastic get together. ;D
Robert
It was all Piker's fault. His enthusiasm is infectious.
Flying off water is different but a good different.
Thank you Robert, we would not be able to share this experience without your recovery vehicle and support.
Jack.