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"Pine Float" by Jeff McMillan - www.jeffmcmillan.com/ - as seen in Copro Gallery for the "Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me" 20th Anniversary group art exhibition. A limited edition giclee of this print is being offered on his site - www.jeffmcmillan.com/store/
Vicenza community members participate in the Family Float Nite held at the Villaggio pool Aug. 11.
Many children and adults enjoyed the last family night at the facility.
After Aug. 22 the Villaggio pool will be open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
It is closed on Wednesday for maintenance and it will be closed for the season on Sept. 4.
For more information call 634-6536 or visit www.vicenzaMWR.com
Learn more about us on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil or www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza.
Photo by Laura Kreider, USAG Vicenza Public Affairs Office
The Knights of Pythias float, representing another of Nelson's well-rooted lodges. The Knights of Pythias began as an American fraternity in the mid-1800s, and they are still active today.
I loved her from the first time I've seen her promotional photo, and finally she is arrived from UK :)
She is just so cute, sweet, adorable, lovely >_<
She is - for now - my absolute favorite zelf. Love the pink-blue combination too!
Chicago IL, Olgilvie Transportation Center, Canon EOS-1N, 17-40mm, f/4L, Kodak BW400CN
© All Rights Reserved, PJ Resnick
From our 2009 trip to Quebec's Cote-Nord region. My youngest son and I were actually able to take a flight in one of these planes. Magnificent views of the rugged countryside.
3 back seat passengers drowned after Cessna 206 door flaw slowed their exit. The pilot and one passenger survived the relatively soft crash. With the landing flaps down it blocks the opening of the second row seats door. Exit is only available by crawling back to rear cargo door, unlocking bottom pin and kicking the door open. (Not something a senior citizen or young child can do.)
The pilot and a surviving female passenger were able to get out through the window of the front left-side door.
The TSB said the pilot dove back into the water to help the remaining passengers, but was unable to open the doors from outside the aircraft because they were locked from the inside.
The TSB said the passengers were found with their seatbelts undone, although it couldn't say what efforts they had made to get out of the sinking aircraft.
The report said the impact forces were "well within the range of human survivability" and none of the occupants received immobilizing injuries.
The pilot and woman were rescued by a nearby boater within 15 to 20 minutes.
Little Doctor Lake, about 100 kilometres west of Fort Simpson, is accessible only by float plane in the summer and draws visitors from around the world looking for a wilderness experience.
TSB director of air investigations Natacha Van Themsche sent a letter to Transport Canada, saying she wanted to bring attention to a "significant safety issue" involving Cessna 206 series aircraft that are fitted with double cargo doors.
The TSB found one of the plane's two adjoining exit doors was blocked by the aircraft's extended wing flaps, which made opening the rear door more complicated.
The board says regulators in both Canada and the U.S. have known about the problem with the Cessna 206 since 1998, but no solution has been found and the plane continues to be licensed for up to five passengers.
The TSB says eight people have died since 1989 in accidents in which the wing flaps blocked the door.
"As shown in this occurrence, without functional exits, the time required to exit the aircraft may increase, which in turn increases the risk of death in time-critical situations, such as when the aircraft is submerged or there is a post-impact fire," the TSB letter to Transport Canada said.
(The Cessna Company has issued a memo for a retro fit to fix this problem, but no US or CA agency is making the repair mandatory.)
Moored float planes lined up in the Inner Harbor of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The harbor is bustling with ferry boats, water taxis, other marine vessels and float planes landing & taking off.
For more photos and information on Victoria:
RiverBear Photo Blog: Roadtrip: Western British Columbia - Victoria