Cessnas Are More Interesting Without Wheels

A little floatplane activity is always fun to watch for me and, aside from Kenmore, there is also the base at Renton.  Situated at the north end of the Renton runway is the Will Rogers-Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base.  It can be a good place to see some floatplanes in action.  I was chatting to a guy there and he told me that he thought some of the planes had gone to land on the main runway but he was mistaken.  Just as I was getting ready to head back to the car, a Cessna came flying down the length of the runway without landing as it set up for a water touchdown.

It turned towards me a little as it descended across the end of the field.  It was behind the fence and I couldn’t get a decent shot off but I was able to pick it up as it flew out over the water and touched down.  It taxied back to the dock and disgorged its passengers.  I must try and be better prepared for an arrival like that at some point in the future.

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