Flying off Water Photos
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1 Frank Wisniski’s initial touchdown on landing on water of his 73 inch wing span Rascal and OS 52 FS engine.
2 Some people attending 22 July 2006 Float Fly at Standing Bear Lake in Omaha, NE. Twenty four pilots flew including Mark Smith, AMA District IX Vice President
3 Bob Zitzsperger and his much used LT 40 and OS 52 FS with Cunningham Floats. No diagonal bracing on landing gear. One water rudder. Thin ply on float bottoms.
4 Ed Splittgerber and his much used Avistar and OS 40 LA with Cunningham Floats. Normal landing
gear spread. No diagonal bracing. One water rudder
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5 Bob Burt and his LT 25 and OS 46 LA with Cunningham Floats. No diagonal bracing. One water rudder. Floats covered with epoxy then painted with LustreKote
6 Bud Mitchell and this much used Senioritta and OS 32 SX with Cunningham Floats. Two water rudders. Thin ply on float bottoms. Floats painted with polyurethane
7 Ralph Brown and his 30 plus year old much used Sterling Fledgling and OS 46. Note the distance between the prop and front of floats. No diagonal bracing.
8 Gale Sherman and his 110 inch wing span Rascal and 30cc gas engine. Aluminum diagonal and spread bracing9 Tom Floyd and his much used Tiger Moth and OS 90 FS. Normal landing gear spread. Diagonal bracing. Weight added to front of floats for balance.
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10 Bob Roegge and his 11 year old much used Goldberg Protégé and OS 60 FP engine. Wire diagonal bracing. One water rudder.
11 Tim Peters and his Sealane and OS 40 FX. Made from SIG kit. Sea Master types are a popular plane at the float flys.
12 Bob Andersen and his Sea Master and OS 46. He hand painted the decorations on top of ARF MonoKote covering13 One way to spread the floats. Diagonal bracing on rear landing gear. Laminated hardwood connecting the rear floats.
*Photos by Larry Quigley, Eric Morgan and Dick Behrens
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