Re: Float planes

"david" <david_perry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Actually, he did the t/o and the first five mins...all at 50 feet! We
went
> past ychts, at deck height.

Ah yes, the BC version of rule 5 even over land ... "well, you can fly as
low as you like whilst taking off and landing ... and we're landing ...
eventually".

> I told him I had an ATPL and he didnt care after that.

:-)

In my case just a PPL had the same effect, but I wouldn't mind a real lesson
one day.

As to "what's a real Beaver", not only do you want the piston engine as you
say, you also want the two blade propeller, not the namby-pamby three blade
one that they fit to reduce noise by a few hundred dB when operating in
populated areas.

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Tim Ward - posting as an individual unless otherwise clear
Brett Ward Ltd - www.brettward.co.uk
Cambridge Accommodation Notice Board - www.brettward.co.uk/canb
Cambridge City Councillor


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