A buddy of mine sent me this email along with the pictures. He keeps his plane at West Kentucky Airpark near Paducah, KY
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I always wanted a plane on floats but this is not what I had in mind. These pictures were taken on Tuesday, the water has risen another 14+ inches since. By the time I received the call, it was to late, I could not fly the plane out, I was at mother natures mercy. We met at Ed's house yesterday and ended up using a quad to pull the boats to a point to get them in the water to get back to the airport. We had to cross wheat field to accomplish this. By the time I got to the plane yesterday, it was in a nose down configuration but floating. The engine was not under water, yet?. I added two more floats, one under each wing, and one more under the nose to help level it. The water was very cold and the outside air temp was not much better. The water is nasty, it is filled with gas, oil, sewage, snakes, and I can't forget about the leaches. At this time I am totally dependent on the floats. If I could get the door open I would attempt to float it to dry ground but seeing that there really is not much of that either then there is no since even trying. I cannot really complain to much because there are alot of people losing there homes. It is a hard thing to watch and witness. Some of us has lost a home in hurricane Andrew so we know the feeling.
Ed's hangar is in bad shape as well, When we have the Fly-In don't be to surprised if you see another jug for "Flood Relief" donations, just kidding.
Sam
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I always wanted a plane on floats but this is not what I had in mind. These pictures were taken on Tuesday, the water has risen another 14+ inches since. By the time I received the call, it was to late, I could not fly the plane out, I was at mother natures mercy. We met at Ed's house yesterday and ended up using a quad to pull the boats to a point to get them in the water to get back to the airport. We had to cross wheat field to accomplish this. By the time I got to the plane yesterday, it was in a nose down configuration but floating. The engine was not under water, yet?. I added two more floats, one under each wing, and one more under the nose to help level it. The water was very cold and the outside air temp was not much better. The water is nasty, it is filled with gas, oil, sewage, snakes, and I can't forget about the leaches. At this time I am totally dependent on the floats. If I could get the door open I would attempt to float it to dry ground but seeing that there really is not much of that either then there is no since even trying. I cannot really complain to much because there are alot of people losing there homes. It is a hard thing to watch and witness. Some of us has lost a home in hurricane Andrew so we know the feeling.
Ed's hangar is in bad shape as well, When we have the Fly-In don't be to surprised if you see another jug for "Flood Relief" donations, just kidding.
Sam
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