Copperfield Dam Float Fly  9-10 November 2002

 

Area near bar-b-que's used as pits.

  Graham Taylor works on his Hustler/Cessna.  Hustler fuse and Cessna wing

Silhouette of the Hustler/Cessna

 

Hustler landing

The Hustler/Cessna about to touch down.

 

Peter Noyce prepares the Aquamaster.

 

Pete about to put the Aquamaster in the water.

 

 Taxi-ing out ready to take off.

 

In the air ! !

 

 Overshoot

Oh dear.. I think I overshot the landing !

 

Adam Baker's Mustang.  Looks like a go-er !

 

 

Took a bit of coaxing but finally made it.

 

Patriot

Steve on the tx and Ben doing the starting.

 

Let me start this thing ..  Note the background....

 

Splash down 

It all turned bad on the landing....

 

 This is how it finished up....

 

Recovery vehicle 

Ben in the rescue craft does the recovery....

 

A few of the locals are there to enjoy the day ....

 

 

GT's Kobold in " the pits "

 

 

 

 

About to go.

The Kobold on the waters edge.

 

Greg Fry's Robbe Mosquito.  Sequence 1.

 

Greg fry's Robbe Mosquito.  Sequence 2.

 

 Greg Fry's Robbe Mosquito.  Sequence 3. Heli is equipped with night blades ....

 

Paul van Munster's Avenger.

 

Paul also brought along this airboat.

 

 

Daryl Lee's Challenger on floats.

 

In the air ....

 

On the water ....  oops !!

 

     

There were wrecked aeroplanes ....

.....and wrecked people  ....

Dead horse

....and wrecked animals on the way home ....

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