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"..it's a cruel (cruel) summer, now you're gone..."
Wed Jun 17, 2015 4:47 pm
"..it's a cruel (cruel) summer, now you're gone..."
Last edited by 8GCBC on Wed Jun 17, 2015 5:31 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Wed Jun 17, 2015 5:18 pm
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Wed Jun 17, 2015 5:28 pm
Re: "..it's a cruel (cruel) summer, leaving me here on my ow
Zzz wrote:*now you're gone... leaving me here on my own.
I'm coming back down in a few days. I'll meet you at Twin Oaks, lunch is on me!
Thank you for the edit!
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Wed Jun 17, 2015 6:25 pm
Re: "..it's a cruel (cruel) summer, leaving me here on my ow
8GCBC wrote:Zzz wrote:*now you're gone... leaving me here on my own.
I'm coming back down in a few days. I'll meet you at Twin Oaks, lunch is on me!
Thank you for the edit!
Headed to Montana for a week and half, leaving in the morning. Maybe another time.
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Wed Jun 17, 2015 6:41 pm
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Wed Jun 17, 2015 6:43 pm
Re: "..it's a cruel (cruel) summer, leaving me here on my ow
Zzz wrote:Headed to Montana for a week and half, leaving in the morning. Maybe another time.
Cool. I'll see when your back...
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Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:43 pm
Re: "..it's a cruel (cruel) summer, now you're gone..."
I touched down (see video) in between Egg Islands on the water (ocean, saltwater). Really surprised how deep the fiords are, some over a 1000' deep and being less than a mile wide.
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Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:11 am
Re: "..it's a cruel (cruel) summer, now you're gone..."
More analysis, I usually do at least one low level pass before I alight in a floatplane. Good to check:
* Floatsam
* reefs
* fish, whales, orcas (I saw a huge male orca out in the ocean later)
* birds
* wind
* current/tide flow and height/velocity
* obstacles relating to approach/departure (Orographic turbulence)
* distances
* wave heights
* fetch
* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale
Picture below is KML/Google Earth of single pass in between Egg Islands (video 05:30+) :
* Floatsam
* reefs
* fish, whales, orcas (I saw a huge male orca out in the ocean later)
* birds
* wind
* current/tide flow and height/velocity
* obstacles relating to approach/departure (Orographic turbulence)
* distances
* wave heights
* fetch
* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale
Picture below is KML/Google Earth of single pass in between Egg Islands (video 05:30+) :
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Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:55 am
Re: "..it's a cruel (cruel) summer, now you're gone..."
Looks cruel and painful.
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Thu Jun 18, 2015 9:33 am
Re: "..it's a cruel (cruel) summer, now you're gone..."
Scolopax wrote:Looks cruel and painful.
I do not want the "fun police" to bust me
! God made Alaska for the floatplane 
, THANK YOU! Having so much fun it hurts !!!"I'm love'n it".
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Thu Jun 18, 2015 9:40 am
Re: "..it's a cruel (cruel) summer, now you're gone..."
I keep seeing this ship...last time it was Honolulu Harbor.
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Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:46 pm
Re: "..it's a cruel (cruel) summer, now you're gone..."
I keep seeing this ship...last time it was Honolulu Harbor.
Ah, yes. A floating Norovirus incubator. The ideal melding of seasickness and gastroenteritis.
Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:51 pm
Re: "..it's a cruel (cruel) summer, now you're gone..."
TomD wrote:I keep seeing this ship...last time it was Honolulu Harbor.
Ah, yes. A floating Norovirus incubator. The ideal melding of seasickness and gastroenteritis.
I'm not into the cluster vacation thing. To many people! It's a freaking floating city.
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