Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

“The aluminum boat was coming toward me, I thought they were trying to get around me at first... Then they started weaving back and forth fairly close to the aircraft... My concern level was high because she was—it appeared to be within inches—but more than likely within feet of our wings. Had she, at those speeds, hit our wings, I just assumed it was going to be a catastrophe and we would have to evacuate... If the boat did actually hit me, how was I going to get them to get out of the aircraft and to safety? Because the tide runs through there pretty fast and sometimes creates a pretty strong current, and it’s fairly cold water and, of course, the sides of the bay are fairly rocky too, so it would have been a tough maneuver if I had to do that.”

Source: Just a part of the disturbing narrative provided by a Seaplane pilot, Eric Lee, who has threatended and hazarded by a boater attempting to prevent a seaplane from using a waterway that was NOT hers to control, and in direct violation of the law.

FMI: www.pacificarea.uscg.mil, https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChptFJ6psiz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link