Started at Boeing Field, in the SUN! B-17 and B-24 on display. The 17
taxied in as I was crossing E. Marginal Way S., so missed my spinning props
photo
op there. On to L. Union. Kenmore Air's Otters & Beavers were arriving &
departing so fast I could hardly keep up. BUSY! Tourist season is here! On
to
Kenmore Air Harbor at the N. end of L. Washington. Again, busy. Many Beavers,
3 Otters. As I was changing film, one of TWO bald eagles flew RIGHT over me,
of course. As I was driving off (after circling Kenmore Camera - closed), I
saw a Beaver in fresh U.S. Army paint leaving. Another day.
Kenmore Air has the LAST piston-powered Beaver made. In "Evening Magazine"
paint scheme for local KING TV program:
<A HREF="http://www.dhc-2.com/id368.htm";>http://www.dhc-2.com/id368.htm</A>
(bottom 3 photos are early Kenmore Air paint
scheme)
Whew! This was a seaplane kind of day!
Rich
P.S. Kenmore Air says refurbished Beavers start at nearly $300,000 and go up
to the mid $500,000 range. He couldn't imagine why a Beaver would cost
$750,000, but I'm thinking Magnum Beaver with STOL, $$ avionics, maybe? For
just a
little more, say a million $ or a little more, you're into Otter territory,
he says.
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