Sunrise was, as expected, beautiful. I'll bore you with a few more shots of how close to the water we are then move on.
I met our neighbors this morning. Alex is a software engineer from
Antwerp, Belgium. He and his wife flew over for two weeks camping in a tent in the Keys. He, and I, are a little disappointed that the wind is too strong for the snorkel boats to go out and for kayaking , even in the protected lagoons. Twenty knots equals horrible directional control and no gliding at all. You just paddle like hell the whole time, most of which is backwards.
Antwerp, Belgium. He and his wife flew over for two weeks camping in a tent in the Keys. He, and I, are a little disappointed that the wind is too strong for the snorkel boats to go out and for kayaking , even in the protected lagoons. Twenty knots equals horrible directional control and no gliding at all. You just paddle like hell the whole time, most of which is backwards.
I'm enjoying my amateur radio rig down here. The water gives the antenna a great ground plane.
Last night I got a call from my friend Jim for advice on an autopilot problem is an aircraft I've worked on since it was new. In fact this plane had around 300 hours on it when a mechanic started the engines with the gear handle in the UP position. Predictable result. All the little antennae on the bottom punched up through the skin, but very little other damage. The Commander has an absolutely flat bottom and "took to the ground" very well. Didn't even touch the props.
But that was in the early 80's. And that's exactly the kind of aircraft I'm best at--OLD!
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