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Water Flying
Cover Story: Bird Encounters of the Worst Kind
A huge osprey filled the windscreen—six feet of wings spread full, yellow eyes glaring and the catch-of-the-day in its talons. Quickly yanking the yoke full back avoided disaster—a distinct thud was audible along with the feeling of impact below, but we were able to keep flying. Apparently, so was the brown and white raptor, which quickly disappeared below.
SOLVING THE MONO-FLOAT MYSTERY
The bi-wing Navy N3N mono-float design has been extinct for a long time, but the author couldn’t help but wonder what it was all about. Did this unusual configuration serve some useful purpose in former times? How does it behave on the water? Is there a particular reason it was pruned from the evolutionary tree of seaplane design? The more he thought about the mystery, the more he wanted to get to
the bottom of it.
A WORKING CUB CONTEMPLATES 80
My name is NC7427H, and I’m the genuine, pedigreed Piper J-3 Cub you may have spotted at the Wexford County Airport in Cadillac, Michigan, during the winter months. In the summer, I retreat to the lake for some wellearned fun on floats. It was suggested that you pilots might appreciate my story, straight from the propeller’s mouth.
Seaplane pilots and non-pilots that are fans of seaplanes, if you are not getting Water Flying magazine you are missing out on the only full color magazine dedicated to covering the entire seaplane community from Alaska to Florida from Australia to Lake Como, Italy and all points in between.
While most of the readers of Water Flying are seaplane rated pilots, an ever increasing number of non-pilot fans of seaplanes are receiving the magazine by joining the Seaplane Pilots Association.
Inside you will find:
- The latest news and events going on in the Water Flying community
- The latest challenges to seaplane access, and the Seaplane Pilots Associations latest advocacy efforts to protect and promote Water Flying
- Highly informative instructional articles on seaplane techniques, tips & tricks
- Lifestyle articles on travel and adventures that our members are taking in their seaplanes.
- And so much more.
