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Old August 25th 06, 03:27 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Stubby
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Default Skylune (or family relation) takes to the water...

john smith wrote:
MORRIS -- A local boater who repeatedly swerved in front of a floatplane on
Bantam Lake to prevent it from taking off was arrested on a warrant Sunday,
authorities said."
Remainder of story can be found he
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc...923730.story?c
oll=hc-headlines-local
Could this be a relative of this group's "skylune"? ;-)


No medical, no license required.
Anyone can drive a boat.


But there are maritime right-of-way rules. Airplanes on the water must
obey these as well as boats. Seaplane bases are just like real airports
and are regulated by Federal law.

I used to fly on a river at 10AM on Saturday mornings. My only
conclusion is there are many drunks on their SkiDoos at that time. They
even try to become propellor-bait by trying to out run the plane or in
some cases, playing "chicken" with it. I haven't read about any
accidents involving these fools so we can't rely on Darwin to cull out
the weak ones.