Date:         Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:28:58 -0800
Reply-To:     Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Friday - Russian helicopter, Beavers, and chopped Caddies
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
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Great Beaver shot.  I had some time in an Otter at Ft. Greely, AK.   Some
time back though.  Big radial engines have a glorious sound.  A Beaver lived
at the intersection of the Tanana River and the Alaska Highway.  Skis in the
winter, floats in the summer.

Pensionerd.

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Another entry in the "what I see while driving my Vanagon around the
> neighbourhood" series....
>
> http://shufti.wordpress.com
>
> - A couple of Beavers, one on land with what I think is a chopped in
> half Caddy Eldorado as a tug, and one on the water with an URL
> painted on its side (ugh!)
>
> -  A Kamov KA32A11BC helicopter. There has been at least one of these
> cuties around the airport for a few years. I remember when one was
> delivered in a Russian transport plane (no, not the gigantic
> transport, one size smaller), my son and I stood at the fence gawking
> like yokels.
>
>
> alistair
>