Scale only 4 me, goirish and Lamoilleriver Thanks so much for the support it is much appriciated.

OK whats next definately next year will be another attempt and Teamerica if you are still reading this why not come and join us next year and set up an airplane perhaps you have a boat or since its the off season there are small jet boats that could be rented for the day pretty reasonably.

Now next beyond that and one should never stop dreaming how about a little ocean crossing say from Long Beach Ca. to Avelon bay Santa Catalina island. Hmm this route is only bout '26 miles across the sea' and actually shorter than the Colorado river trip. But hey it is open ocean and lots of salt and sharks and stuff. Shoot out in the channel on a smoggy day your outta sight of land[X(]

Actually this flight would not be a first as it was done back in the late seventies. It was accomplished by a gentleman whos name has slipped away but I think it was Mr Robbins of Robbins hobby shop on Glenoaks in Glendale ca. Mr. Robbins was also the man behind the well known Porti Potty Pilots RC club of the period and they actually was able to build a field in a flood plain up the canyons a bit north of VanNuys ca. I am not sure if the club or he is still with us. I do know that his hobby shop seems to be thriving.

I did not know him at the time of his flight but met him attending a night fly at the Porti Potty field back around 1995. And I do remember reading about it in several magazines of the time. Anyway I became quite excited when he indicated he wanted to do it agine and he had the boat. So of course I said oh man can I go to and he loved the idea of a second ocean crossing and invited me to fly with him, knowing full well two airplanes in the same boat or truck is not the best of ideas. But at that time (1995) I think the trip was a bit much for him and the idea faded sadly.

For his crossing in 1978 he used a Nossen giant Stick on floats and a gasser of some sort likely maybe a G-62. His boat was a rather small open boat and there was a problem mid channel that I do not recall but it neccessitated an open ocean landing not in side the safe harbors of Long Beach or Avelon Which was successful and what ever the problem was it was fixed and another takeoff was made in pretty good swells. Anyway he made it on into Avelon bay to land next to the Great White Steamer.

Hmm Ocean Crossing, just how cool is that[8D]


John