Amphib gear up - beside a water way

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Ron Kinney
Here is a link to some pictures a guy took of an amphibian (lake?) doing a gear up on a runway.. beside a river.

I wonder if they didn't use the water way due to the rowing.

Gear Up
 
Leaky hull, coming right up...

Ouch!
 
Love the commentary:
And sure enough we all witnessed an emergency landing.
The pilot was real good, just before he hit the runway he dropped the tail down a couple feet below the front of the plane and it skidded down the runway and finally the friction made it turn to the right just as it was coming to a stop.
:)
 
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