float plane off ramsgate today
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float plane off ramsgate today
Passing Ramsgate Harbour on the East Kent Coast today about noon, I saw a float plane flying at a few hundred feet heading towards the Pegwell Bay or Sandwich area.
Anyone know anything about this? I couldn't identify it any further than, it was definitely a float plane.
Anyone know anything about this? I couldn't identify it any further than, it was definitely a float plane.
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A friend of mine texted to say he saw the float plane, he said it was a Cessna but he saw it from a distance. He'd appreciate a registration if it is identified.
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Thanks for the info. Just out of interest, is it legal for float/amphibious aircraft to land on water around our coasts other than - obviously - an emergency?
Twenty odd years ago I proposed to Thanet District Council they investigate whether the old Hovercraft Port at Pegwell Bay could be utilised as an Amphibious Airport. With Manston ( now Kent International Airport) a couple of miles north, bad weather would be a dissapointment to paying customers not to take off/land on water, but optional.
At the time K-nex ( plastic meccano sort of toy ) were looking into putting a factory there; until it was decided to turn the huge concrete pad over to nature.
How viable it would have been to create an amphibious airport I do not know, but it looked good to me. It is a few miles from Ramsgate ferry port. TDC never replied anyway.
Twenty odd years ago I proposed to Thanet District Council they investigate whether the old Hovercraft Port at Pegwell Bay could be utilised as an Amphibious Airport. With Manston ( now Kent International Airport) a couple of miles north, bad weather would be a dissapointment to paying customers not to take off/land on water, but optional.
At the time K-nex ( plastic meccano sort of toy ) were looking into putting a factory there; until it was decided to turn the huge concrete pad over to nature.
How viable it would have been to create an amphibious airport I do not know, but it looked good to me. It is a few miles from Ramsgate ferry port. TDC never replied anyway.
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<<Thanks for the info. Just out of interest, is it legal for float/amphibious aircraft to land on water around our coasts other than - obviously - an emergency?>>
I am not aware of any general rules which prohibit such action but there are various danger areas, with naval munitions practice, where it would be less than wise to land!
Here's a snap I took of the said aeroplane at Blackbushe-on-sea. Fortunately the tide was out!
G-ESSL Cessna 182R. Blackbushe Airport 27 August 2007 :: GESSL.jpg :: Fotopic.Net
I am not aware of any general rules which prohibit such action but there are various danger areas, with naval munitions practice, where it would be less than wise to land!
Here's a snap I took of the said aeroplane at Blackbushe-on-sea. Fortunately the tide was out!
G-ESSL Cessna 182R. Blackbushe Airport 27 August 2007 :: GESSL.jpg :: Fotopic.Net
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snippet from a local blog
If any of you saw the seaplane buzzing around last weekend, the owner is contemplating basing it at Manston during the summer months to give rides out to spots such as the abandoned anti-aircraft towers in the estuary.
