July 22-29, 2023 - AirVenture 2023
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| I had been to the Seaplane Base once before, briefly, back in 2009. This time I decided to stay there all afternnon. One reason was to get out of the heat. I had always heard that the Seaplane Base was shady with cool breezes. And so it was. | ||||||
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Lots of people on hand, taking advantage of the shade. There is a shuttle service between Wittman Field and here; it's about a 15 minute ride in the school bus.
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| Idyllic scene. | ||||||
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The big lagoon where the seaplanes are safely anchored.
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| The seaplanes takeoff and land out in big Lake Winnebago, then taxi into the lagoon through that narrow gap. | ||||||
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| A close-up of all the seaplanes anchored in the lagoon. | ||||||
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| Lots of people just hanging out. | ||||||
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Nice.
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| A floatplane on landing roll-out. | ||||||
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A little seaplane tower/operations center at the mouth of the lagoon inlet.
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| Looking inland. | ||||||
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| A pontoon boat giving tours of the seaplane base. | ||||||
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| A floatplane taxiis through the gap. | ||||||
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| I had brought my big folding chair, the one with the leg rest. I set it up, sat down and in five minutes I was alseep. | ||||||
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| A little Monet-esqe with the lily pads. | ||||||
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| Yeah, after spending a pleasant afternoon at the seaplane base, I was thinking I might want to go down to Florida and visit Mr. Jack Brown one of these days. You can get your seaplane rating there in two or three days. | ||||||
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