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30024, N2824A, factory photo

30054, C-FDNZ, ex N2854A, at Red Lake Ontario, Can. CKS4, 7/05. to Can '53, canx 6/07.

30064, N520GT, ex N2864A, with 3-blade prop at Greenville Seaplane Base, 52B, Greenville, ME, at the 9/03 International Seaplane Fly-in. That's the Katahdin in the background.

30121, N2921A at PALH, Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK 5/10.

30124, N2924A at PAMR, Merrill Field, Anchorage AK 4/08.

30143 N2943A, at PALH, Lake Hood Seaplane Base, Anchorage,7/04.

N1550C Tom Dunn's 1953 180, CN 30250, tied up and waiting for action at 52B, Greenville Seaplane Base, Greenville, ME. Photos are from the 9/03 and 9/06 International Seaplane Fly-in. #2 and 3# are the Bush Pilot Canoe Race where one guy paddles the canoe out to the floating dock. The pilot waits until he's almost there, fires up, races out to the dock and shuts down. They tie the canoe on together and race back to shore.

#4 shows '50 Charlie getting ready to challenge the Bull Beaver for the takeoff contest. He gets out of the watter pretty well!. Then in #6 we have Tom and his friend in N1577C making one of several passes for the day. These guys love to fly! That's a pretty basic panel in the 180 there, don't you think!

30162, N2962A sitting prety at PAUO Willow Airport, Willow, AK 4/08

30277, N1577C, at the 9/06 International Seaplane Fly In at 52B, Greenville Seaplane Base, Greenville, Maine. #1, gettin' her right down in there on landing. #2, ripping back to the dock in the Bush Pilots Canoe Race. #3, takeoff competition against N180GK. xxxxxxxxxxxx

30414, N1714C all bundled up at PANN Nenana Municipal Airport, Nenana, AK 4/08. Has IO-470x

30429, N1729C and friends tied up at PALH, Lake Hood Seaplane Base, 7/04

30504, N2204C at Z41, Lake Hood Airstrip, Anchorage AK 5/10

30700, N2400C, 5/10 behind the Lake Hood Inn, at PALH Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK

30700, N2400C, the view from the deck at the Lake Hood Inn. Nice lodging, excellent host.

30783, N2483C, at Z41 Lake Hood Airstrip 4/08. It's probably reflecting on a busy summer of flying.

30813, N2913C, 7/04 (left) and 5/10 (right), at Z41, Lake Hood Airstrip, Anchorage, AK. What a difference some paint makes!

30863, N2963C, at Z41 Lake Hood Airstrip, in front of the beautiful Alaskan mountains, 5/10

The instrument panel and interior (if I can call it that) define "basic." It has shoulder harness; an extended baggage; vortex generators; Sportsman STOL kit; an 88" McCauley 2A34C203-C prop;, a 12-gallon Flint fuel tank on each side; and more. As of 12/10 it is offered for sale by Preferred Airparts. Photos are by Dale Miller, Preferred's Marketing Manager.

31233 N9134C at PAMR, Merrill Field, Anchorage AK 4/08

31313, N9214C at PALH Lake Hood ANC AK 5/10 The ice went out on Lake Hood a few days later.

31401, N4502B high and dry at PALH, Lake Hood Seaplane Base, Anchorage, AK 5/10

31460, N500D, probably ex N4561B, IO-470 powered, at PAFA, Fairbanks, AK 4/08

31558, N4660B at OSH-09. I believe this is the original paint. It's no secret that it takes a lot of hard work to keep it looking like this! What a beauty!!

31613, N180RD, probably ex N4715B, at PALH Lake Hood ANC AK 5/10

31630, N180JP ex N4732B at PALH Lake Hood ANC AK 5/10. The floats will be going on soon!

31647, N4749B taxiing out and taking off at PALH, Lake Hood Seaplane Base, Anchorage, AK 5/10, the day after the ice went out.

31660, N4762B beside floats at Z41, Lake Hood Airstrip, Anchorage, 5/10

31686, N9470C at 96WI, Vette Blust Seaplane Base, EAA Oshkosh, 7/10. There is something regal about a beautiful airplane like this idling quietly toward the dock. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

31731, N93330 ex N9333C, at PALH Lake Hood, Anchorage AK 5/10

31812, N9414C at PALH, Lake Hood Seaplane Base, Anchorage, AK 4/08

31911, N3113D at Z41, Lake Hood Airstrip, 4/08

Cessna 180 on floats at Lake Hood Seaplane Base, Anchorage, AK 5/10. Let's get in the cockpit with pilot Joe and listen to him talk to himself in what was probably their first flight since freeze up last fall. "Okay, the ice went out yesterday, so lets play a little today. Here we go. We're coming up on the channel now - left float out and let's make her fly. Okay, a little more back pressure. Come on now baby, FLY for me!! Shucks, you win, we'll spend a little more time in the water - - Okay, NOW we'll go." So how do some of your flights look after a break of several months!?!? Yep, been there, done that!

32082, N3284D at Z41, Lake Hood Airstrip, Anchorage, AK 5/10

32233, N4635A at PAFA, Fairbanks International, AK, 5/10

32282, N4685A basking in the morning sun at Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK, 5/10

32404, N6507A at Stoltzfus Airport, Coatesville, PA in 1962 in its original paint scheme, and in 1963 after a paint job at Kutztown. Wendell Umble took it to Canada in the late 1960's and it is presently there as CF-DKO.

32438, C-FITY, ex N6541A at 96WI, Vette Blust Seaplane Base, EAA Oshkosh '10

32501, N396TC, ex N7604A, with 3-blade prop at PAHO, Homer Airport, Homer, AK 4/08

32560, N7663A on wheel-skies on the edge of Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK 5/10

32604, N7707A with 3-blade prop, sharing the ramp at PALH Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK 5/10

32612, N7715A at Z41, Lake Hood Airstrip, Anchorage AK 5/10

32618, N7721A at PAFA Fairbanks International, AK 4/08

32621, N7724A, in Canada in 1962. My twin Karl (left) was flying for Northern light Gospel Mission in Red Lake, Ontario, for the summer. Whitey Hostetler (right) is well known for his Norseman expertise and for retreiving aircraft that sank. 32621 has been C-FBYA for many years.

32638, N7741A at Z41 Lake Hood Airstrip, Anchorage AK 5/10

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