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Old 06-20-2003 | 02:03 PM
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GLG1811
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Default First flight from water

It was my first flight on 6-13-03. I was flying a GP cub on floats with a 61 os fx in it , plenty of power, took off in about 40 feet or so. I was a little worried about the takeoff since i saw some of them nose up then go into a departure stall. Anyway the part i most worried about was a piece of cake. The part that was tough at first was turning i had to use the rudder with the ailerons to get it to turn. The other thing they said was they fall out of the sky real fast if you don't keep power on during landing, WRONG it floated for a long ways w/ no power, i thought it would never come down,just missed the bouys, went right between them is was a close call, hated to hit one. Anyway never had so much fun flying, it was great got 10 flights in this last weekend. Gary, Grassfield R.C. Mpls., mn.