Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/12

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Subject: [Leica] Seair Beaver
From: hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:31:51 -0400
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Howard?

The de Havilland Beaver, no? I had a beautiful flight in the right seat of 
one of these in Alaska in 2003, from a harbor (Ketchikan? Sitka?) into the 
interior, where we flew over waterfalls, through valleys, and onto a glacial 
lake a few thousand feet above sea level, where we landed (watered?). The 
pilot shut down the big radial and we stepped out onto the pontoons to look 
at the magnificent setting and listen to the silence. Aside from my first 
solo, it was the most memorable airplane ride I've ever had. And my new 
favorite aircraft. Got a model of it when we landed!

That was a really nice sequence panorama, too.

?howard


On Jun 12, 2012, at 12:26 PM, H&E Cummer wrote:

> Hello again,
> Here is another view of the Seair Beaver. The plane's serial number is 
> 1,000 and it was built in 1956. Info from the Transport Canada website.
> How many taxis do you know that were built in 1956 and are still running?
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2012/SeaAirw.jpg.html
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/7yj4og7
> 
> Taken with the Panasonic GH2 and the 14 - 140 zoom at 14mm f9.0, ISO 160 
> 1/800.
> 
> Please look large. C&C always welcome
> Howard
> 
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