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Mon Aug 21, 2023 3:14 pm

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I always love these shots of that.... Isthmus? Spit? Arm?
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Mon Aug 21, 2023 3:33 pm

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I always love these shots of that.... Isthmus? Spit? Arm?


My brother in law, a retired geologist calls it a "tombolo" and no he's not Italian. I just call it paradise, my little bit of heaven here on Earth.
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Mon Aug 21, 2023 3:51 pm

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From the other side of the tombolo !!!
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Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:29 am

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Hanging out on the beach at Naknek Lake watching the Brooks Falls circus. This is my first season bringing folks out here and it's been a lot of fun.


I like looking at those bear pictures from the comfort of my home office a thousand miles away. You sure don't want to leave a cooler of fish in your plane with those critters walking around!
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Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:52 pm

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CwWVSNRRwer ... BiNWFlZA==

Here are some shots taken by the very nice young photographer I took up this morning.
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Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:04 am

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Seaplane Pilots Association's "Water Flying" magazine published that sunset shot from last month with a little story caption.

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Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:21 am

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Had a fun, albeit way to short video shoot with some local buddies back in October. Started looking at footage finally. I'm so slow to edit it's absurd.

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Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:45 am

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Zane, I can hardly wait to see the finished video! Get on it!

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Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:54 am

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Now I have "evidence" for my pal in support of VG's on his Chief. :wink:
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Wed Dec 27, 2023 8:40 am

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Fri Dec 29, 2023 6:49 am

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Can't wait to get back on floats!

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Fri Dec 29, 2023 7:11 pm

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OliBuilt wrote:Can't wait to get back on floats!

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What floats are those?
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Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:04 pm

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They look like Clamar’s to me.
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Sat Dec 30, 2023 5:47 am

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What floats are those?


They are electric Clamar 2180A
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Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:44 pm

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Thought the Seaplane fans might like this, how to get your plane off a concrete ramp :)

https://photos.app.goo.gl/uXuSe3tmHzLbFkBd6
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Sat Jul 19, 2025 1:53 pm

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My Beaver buddy Andy stopped by today and did an awesome thing: gave my 90 year-old Air Force veteran neighbor a ride. I shot some video from my beater boat, getting chewed up by deer flies, without sunscreen. Also got a fun intro to Wipline 6100 wrangling in waist-deep water at my dock.

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Fri Aug 15, 2025 9:04 am

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BFR time.

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My CFI owns a cabin rental resort in northern MN. Convenient!
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Sun Sep 14, 2025 11:14 am

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We get a lot of great sunsets up here but Sept 3rd was extra special, and noted local photographer Jake Edwards happened to be visiting me.

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Sun Sep 14, 2025 12:27 pm

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Damn, Pierre! Those are awesome!
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Mon Sep 15, 2025 6:53 am

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WOW!
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