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Bet the owner of that Stinson Voyager is PISSED! Looks like no one was hurt, tho....except someone's pride.
Some years back, I had ridden up to a "fly-in" in the mountains of NC (took the old Beezer...it made it!!). The small airport was beside a golf course and ended at a water hazard. While I was chatting with an old friend, we watched a guy (golfer, not coming for the fly-in) come in on landing....he was ready for touchdown when my friend said, "uh-oh...no flaps!" (those slow the plane down for landing) Pilot hit the brakes hard, but was going too fast...skipped the 'bird off the water hazard twice, then went into the drink. We pulled the guy out of the airplane but it was a write-off...he hit the throttles when he realized that he wouldn't make it, but .....tooo late! Sort of like hard braking while in a sharp curve on a bike...NOT a good idea.
Photos are around here somewhere...
Derswede
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