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Pilawt
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Gotta be fun tying up to a dock on the left side of the aircraft ... 
Teller1900
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Gotta be fun tying up to a dock on the left side of the aircraft ...
Ya just have to pull a Dukes of Hazard to get in and out!
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Matt, I don't know if you can fit through the vent window on a PA-28's left side, but I sure can't!
Cap'n Jack
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Maybe that's why it's "docked" as pictured.
dmccormack
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That 70 knot Vne must be a killer, too....
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I know I never have.
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The reasons are many...
As has been covered in this thread. It was tried, but the practicality of a low wing, single door float plane proved not to be as high as, say, a nice C-180.
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Perhaps, but I'd rather fly a Lake than a Cub on floats. BTDT.The reasons are many...
As has been covered in this thread. It was tried, but the practicality of a low wing, single door float plane proved not to be as high as, say, a nice C-180.
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Very true, I'm sure. I'd be willing to bet that the whole V speed spread was < 15 kts. on that one.