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Postby Gavin Conroy » Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:58 pm

A feature on this aircraft and the company it flise for will be in the next Aviation News and will be worth a read.







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Postby Naki » Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:31 pm

Great pics!..

There is a FSX a/c addon firm making a Super Cub that can do water skimming in FSX...so we should be able to replicate this soon.
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Postby leow5263 » Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:58 pm

Naki wrote:
QUOTE (Naki @ Oct 9 2009, 10:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Great pics!..

There is a FSX a/c addon firm making a Super Cub that can do water skimming in FSX...so we should be able to replicate this soon.


the a2a piper cub can skim the wheels on water.

Gavin those pictures are amazing!!!
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Postby Ian Warren » Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:48 am

biggrin.gif Pic s like that will put the Alaskan bush pilots to shame ..... Bloody Brilliant and funny laugh.gif
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Postby AlisterC » Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:56 pm

Don't know about that Ian, they were the ones that invented the procedure probably! laugh.gif Great pics as always Gavin
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Postby Ian Warren » Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:16 pm

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they were the ones that invented the procedure probably!

You would be smack on the nose there .. tundra tires .. , wheels on water , all the things we see in cartoons biggrin.gif , i told ya the Simpons were real tongue.gif
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Postby leow5263 » Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:12 pm

they might of 'invented' it but that doesnt mean they are the best at it!
exelent piloting!
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Postby dbcunnz » Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:42 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
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biggrin.gif Pic s like that will put the Alaskan bush pilots to shame ..... Bloody Brilliant and funny laugh.gif

I don't know about Alaska but I have some video here somewhere of Ag pilots in Africa having fun on their time off skimming down rivers 2 or 3 abreast.
I will have to have a hunt and see if I can find it and post a little of it.
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Postby deaneb » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:11 pm

There is also a South African Harvard formation team who do the same across a lake. The first I heard of this type of "skiing" was Ag pilots in Africa in the 80's flying Air Tractors and Thrushes
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Postby Gavin Conroy » Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:04 pm

Check out my utube links below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuo3cH6g4iM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVaA8dEwiGM

Will add some more photos soon.
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Postby leow5263 » Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:32 pm

awesome! have subscribed smile.gif
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