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Max and Friends.
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Cub at sunrise.

Kaputta, Kaputta.

Grass Landing at Half Moon Bay.
Flying the Piper Cub on floats is hard when you are on a land base a half mile away from the water and a town between the airport and the seaport. So we have the Cub on a dolly. We tow the dolly onto the runway centerline, disconnect it, start the engine and make the take-off roll on the dolly. When there is flying speed the Cub lifts off the dolly and the dolly rolls to a stop. After giving rides out on the Half Moon Bay Harbor or sightseeing over San Francisco, we land back on the grass beside the runway. The recovery helpers tow the dolly out, lever the tail down, run the dolly under then raise the tail and center the plane on the dolly. Mission complete.  We take off before the airport manager comes to work and come back after he has gone home so he won’t have to be on record as approving the operation.  We’ve seen him standing across the road watching, but he is not officially at work.  The fire truck guys think it’s cool.
- Max -

Juneau

In flight.

Alaska glacier.
Contributed by Max Branscomb