Its not a boat, but it floats

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Screen Shot 2013-08-25 at 10.29.57 AMIts not a boat, but it floats

Now its not a boat, but it floats sometimes & at a guess I would say age wise it would almost qualify as a classic. We do not see many of these in NZ & even fewer in Auckland.
Anyone know anything about her, make etc & what she is doing at Westhaven??

Update – website here

http://www.aucklandseaplanes.com

Update from Russell Ward

More here: http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/2013/08/beaver-takes-to-water.html  I am told by an esteamed (sic) friend that her registration used to belong to a Teal Solent. You show your age if you’ve ever crossed tacks with one of those on the harbour!

Let’s hope there are many more floatplanes in/on/over the harbour -could be like Victoria (the Canadian one) where one takes off practically every five minutes. Much more fun than these noisy eggbeaters.

Cheers Russell

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  3. I saw her out taxiing and then taking off on Friday. I heard that she might be plying for charters. Very good if she is and may there be many more. She is a tail dragger on top of those floats. We’ll be like Vancouver before you know it. Much more fun than these eggbeater things.

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