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Yak 11 Fan
 Post subject: Splash In at Sun n Fun
PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 5:33 pm 
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Thursday saw the Splash In at Fantasy of Flight

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Which included a display by Kermit Weeks in the Grumman Duck

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i'm a sucker for the duck!! great pics!!

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Anyone have a update on the Duck that got banged up in AK not to long ago????

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Love Floats. Learned to fly back in 63 with my uncle in northern MN. on a 180 on floats.

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A 195 on floats! Way cool!

Gotta love the Duck!

(I can't help but think "Peter O'Toole" every time I see a Duck picture)

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[quote="Ztex"]A 195 on floats! Way cool!

Gotta love the Duck!

(I can't help but think "Peter O'Toole" every time I see a Duck picture)

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That's no 195, it's a prewar cessna 145 airmaster. Easy to confuse though they do look very similar.
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OOOOOooooooohhhhh !

Great shots, Yak11Fan! Thank you for posting them!

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Will the previous owner has pics of this double cabin sample

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That is not a 195,
Its an Airmaster. :)

http://www.russellw.com/planes/airmaster/default.htm

I love that thing!

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Yak 11 fan - can you tell me if the Catalina N96UC was on display as billed? Did it fly or was it just static?

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If you are asking about Kermit's Catalina, It was towed down towards the lake, sitting near the end of the short runway.

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Many thanks for that confirmation

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Ztex wrote:
A 195 on floats! Way cool!

Gotta love the Duck!

(I can't help but think "Peter O'Toole" every time I see a Duck picture)

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That's no 195, it's a prewar cessna 145 airmaster. Easy to confuse though they do look very similar.


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That is not a 195,
Its an Airmaster. Smile

http://www.russellw.com/planes/airmaster/default.htm

I love that thing!



Sorry...but that makes it even more way cooler!

Thanks for the correction! :oops:

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Can anyone tell me the Ducks stalling speeds, power on and power off, please? I've never been able to find out and neither the manufacturers Flight Manuals nor the Navy issued manual even mentions them.
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Thats the Mallard that used frequent Stratford! :D

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Duck this weekend at the Alaska Airmen Association Trade Show
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