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pgengler
2006-06-29, 12:11 PM
I was reading a couple of the stories about the flooding from the recent storms, and came across this picture in one of them.

http://image.pgengler.net/underwater_airport.jpg

Caption: Small planes are clustered together after being towed to the only remaining dry land at Bloomsburg Airport in Pennsylvania.

With all that water (and the right cropping of the photo), it looks like a nice little island airport to nowhere, with a long line for take-off!

PhilDernerJr
2006-06-29, 12:13 PM
That's hysterical. Nice collection of apparently STOL aircraft.

mikephotos
2006-06-29, 12:28 PM
Must happen often, here's another photo with different planes (different time?)

http://www.susquehannafloodforecasting.org/gallery/photos/017-large.jpg

Mike

Matt Molnar
2006-06-29, 12:42 PM
The backwoods version of SXM.

Ari707
2006-06-29, 03:01 PM
looks like Flushing.....

moose135
2006-06-29, 04:06 PM
Must happen often, here's another photo with different planes (different time?)
Mike

Here's a ground view from April 2005 - half way down the page:

http://www.stormeffects.com/susquehanna ... d_4505.htm (http://www.stormeffects.com/susquehanna_river_flood_4505.htm)

Mateo
2006-06-29, 07:43 PM
Did they really have to bother towing the Lake amphibian (all the way on the left of the 2006 photo)? Just call the tie-down an anchor, and everything's OK :>

The Ercoupe's in both photos - think the owner's getting tired of schlepping it around every time it rains?

Tom_Turner
2006-06-29, 10:30 PM
Did they really have to bother towing the Lake amphibian (all the way on the left of the 2006 photo)?

haha.. yeah, I laughed when I noticed that. I guess its the right kind of plane for that airport.