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LA-4

Lake Amphibian

For those of you interested in aviation, this is a Lake amphibian, specifically an LA-4-200. It can carry four people (very cramped), or two and baggage; it's rather slow (about 120 mph), but it has one major advantage: it can land on water more than once. It's a boat with wings... a hull type seaplane, rather than a float plane.

It's not new (say about 35 years old!), but it's in great shape.

It has a winter home by the lake, near the Nature Lab. (It won't be there this summer... too many campers, boats, and neighbors to annoy). It's unfortunately loud, so we never do more than one, or possibly two, take-offs from Lake Summit at a time.

No, it's not part of the camp program... but if you're out on a sailing trip on another lake, you might get a visit!

If there are any other Lake pilots out there among the camp community, I'd love to hear from you!

Frank

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