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Old 23rd Nov 2017, 09:20
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India Four Two
 
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I understand flying boats cannot unstick form this and need a bit of 'chop' to break the suction.
Many years ago, I was lucky enough to have a flight in a BC Airlines Mallard. An intermediate stop involved a water landing and takeoff () at Tahsis, which is in a sheltered fiord.

The takeoff run, on calm water, seemed to take forever. It was easily more than a mile.
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