You HAVE to click on this photograph, so you can see my hair in all its glory! Yikes! This was in 1981. I used to go to work like this with this mop of hair! Wow. I remember when we went to visit my mom and dad in Connecticut, I would walk in the back door, my father would take one look at me and say "Get a haircut!" I still laugh when I think of that. I found a bunch of color slides and black & white negatives in the garage, so I brought them in and looked through them. They were all from back when I was flying a seaplane over in Port Washington. I flew with an instructor for maybe 20 hours and then took a checkride and got my seaplane rating! What was really cool was, they would rent me the plane whenever I wanted. So instead of going to some airport to fly, I would just go over to Port, and go flying. It was absolutely thrilling, flying the seaplane. It is a speedboat, and an airplane, all in one! One day I wanted to get photographs of me flying, so I set Kathy up with a camera and telephoto lens, down on the beach at the end of our street, then I went and flew the seaplane over from Port Washington, and did takeoffs and landings while she took photos. I love having these photos. The company sold this seaplane, and eventually sold their property, and got out of the seaplane business, sad to say. About 8 years ago I accompanied Kathy to Seattle for a conference she was attending. I found a seaplane base, and with an instructor, flew a seaplane again for an hour or so. It was magical.
3 comments:
LOL you did have a big head of hair and I can imagine Dad telling you to get a haircut. Beautiful plane and wonderful story and photos.
Joan
Today's blog sure brings back memories. I went through the long hair thing too and have a treasured 16 x 20 black and white Hasselblad portrait you took of me wearing a Greek fisherman's hat and black sweater over a denim shirt. I looked like a grownup version of the kid on a bucket of Dutch Boy paint. And I will always remember the time we drove over to Port Washington and you took me up for a ride in that seaplane cruising over the waters of Manhasset Bay the western end of Long Island Sound. Thanks for the Memories!
Wow! I can't even remember that your hair was that long. But I can hear dad saying "get a haircut". Never heard the whole story about how you got your seaplane rating and where you flew. Great idea to have Kathy take pictures of you flying. Very cool! I love reading Ken Schwarz' memories of flying with you :-) betsey
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