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Old 25th Sep 2014, 22:54
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irish seaplane
 
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Back when I used to be able to fly freely, untethered by wife or family, I perfected farm strip flying and then progressed to landing all the odd ball places that I could find. Beaches, roads, silage fields, frozen lakes and model flying fields. The model airplane guys couldn't get over a full size Cessna in full stopped and out of 174 meters. Nil wind so no cheating. I'm not as good as I used to be, and got hooked on a twin for my sins. Farm strips in a retractable with small wheels can be 3x the challenge of good short field airplane.

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