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<blockquote data-quote="Ol&#039; Red" data-source="post: 2898971" data-attributes="member: 107965"><p>I share one. Two buddies and myself had an outfitter fly us out on the Alaska peninsula, north of Illiamna. When flying through the pass, wing flaps down on a DeHaviland Beaver, we still gained about 100 feet of altitude a minute due to high winds. As we were landing on the lake I remember thinking what a smooth landing for floats. When the floats actually did touch the water the shore, which had a four foot cut bank, looked very close. When the pilot said $h!t, I was concerned. He gunned the engine and pulled the stick back hard and skipped up onto the bank. We came to a stop about 35 yards on dry ground. All of us were very quiet for a while ( don't know how long), and I finally said "if I knew we were landing on dry ground I may not have worn my hip waders. The pilot said he needed a few moments to gather his thoughts. I told him I would be a short ways off kissing and hugging the ground. We pushed the plane back into the water and he lifted off into the 70 MPH wind in just about twice the length of the floats. The winds got worse later that day and brought a couple inches of rain. That story can wait. It's a little crazy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ol' Red, post: 2898971, member: 107965"] I share one. Two buddies and myself had an outfitter fly us out on the Alaska peninsula, north of Illiamna. When flying through the pass, wing flaps down on a DeHaviland Beaver, we still gained about 100 feet of altitude a minute due to high winds. As we were landing on the lake I remember thinking what a smooth landing for floats. When the floats actually did touch the water the shore, which had a four foot cut bank, looked very close. When the pilot said $h!t, I was concerned. He gunned the engine and pulled the stick back hard and skipped up onto the bank. We came to a stop about 35 yards on dry ground. All of us were very quiet for a while ( don't know how long), and I finally said "if I knew we were landing on dry ground I may not have worn my hip waders. The pilot said he needed a few moments to gather his thoughts. I told him I would be a short ways off kissing and hugging the ground. We pushed the plane back into the water and he lifted off into the 70 MPH wind in just about twice the length of the floats. The winds got worse later that day and brought a couple inches of rain. That story can wait. It's a little crazy. [/QUOTE]
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