At 03:49 PM 12/18/2007, Bradford R. Crain wrote: > If I remember my Oregon history correctly, there was a float plane pilot >practicing his landings and takeoffs on the Willamette River several years >ago, and he managed to set it down on a canoe. In Chuck Yeager's book "Pressing On" (a really good read, BTW) he tell a story of a pilot that does fish plantings in high country lakes and the piloting skills required to plant fish in the small lakes in canyons in the high Sierra mountains. In one instance he pilot came over a ridge, executed a dive into the canyon, dropped the fish, then made a quick climb and banked out of the canyon. As he looked down he saw a couple of startled fishermen in a canoe right where he had dropped the fish. Apparently aerial fish plantings have a very high survival rate (somewhere around 90%) but perhaps not in that instance. >Quoting Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>: > >>Oh heck... that's just a normal summer day on Lake Union in Seattle. Why do >>you think they call 'em "speed bumps"? <grin> >> >>Great link! >> >>Craig Jungers >>Moses Lake, WA >> >>On Dec 18, 2007 9:09 AM, Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote: >> >>> One more thing for kayakers to worry about. Does it ever happen? Yes! >>>You >>>need to wear that helmet. >>> >>>http://my.break.com/content/view.aspx?ContentID=241646 >>> >>>Brad >>> John Fereira jaf30_at_cornell.edu Ithaca, NY *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 19 2007 - 08:41:33 PST
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