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ID 33681 Views: 488 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service DeHavilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1	Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip/Seaplane Base (LHD/Z41) USA - Alaska, June 11, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N96DG (cn 601) On wheels here, this 1954 build former Baxter Air Beaver is no stranger to floats. Parked outside Rust's maintenance hangar at Lake Hood.

ID 32436 Views: 543 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service Cessna 208 Caravan 1	Anchorage - Off Airport (Beluga Lake) USA - Alaska, June 11, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N675HP (cn 20800289) Some sixty miles west of Anchorage, we circle within the valley of the Triumvirate glacier before landing on remote Beluga Lake during a flight-seeing tour paid for by my family for my 50th birthday. Thanks again!

ID 32397 Views: 469 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service Cessna U206G Stationair	Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip/Seaplane Base (LHD/Z41) USA - Alaska, June 11, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N4661Z (cn U20605998) One of Rust's Stationair's about to land on the south channel at Lake Hood Seaplane base.

ID 31286 Views: 512 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service DeHavilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1	Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip/Seaplane Base (LHD/Z41) USA - Alaska, June 10, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N2740X (cn 579) One of Rust's Beavers takes off from Lake Hood on another excursion. This aircraft and I share the same 1961 vintage.

ID 31283 Views: 504 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service Cessna 208 Caravan 1	Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip/Seaplane Base (LHD/Z41) USA - Alaska, June 10, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N675HP / N7848B (cn 20800289) Rust's sole Caravan taxies to the dock while Everts Air Cargo's C-46 "Dumbo" taxies out for departure in the distance.

ID 30030 Views: 539 Photo Comments: 4	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service DeHavilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1	Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip/Seaplane Base (LHD/Z41) USA - Alaska, June 9, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N2740X (cn 579) With its cowling off, this Beaver shows off its beautiful radial engine while undergoing some maintenance inside the Rust's hangar. No worries though, this plane would be busy flying the next day. Don't ask about the truck...

ID 29510 Views: 434 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service DeHavilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1	Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip/Seaplane Base (LHD/Z41) USA - Alaska, June 11, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N2740X / N675HP (cn 579) Approximately 50 years separate these two Rust's aircraft, brought together in one moment as they await for another plane to depart so they can both be brought to berth at Rust's base.

ID 29509 Views: 424 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service DeHavilland DHC-3T Turbine Otter	Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip/Seaplane Base (LHD/Z41) USA - Alaska, June 11, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N2899J / N310NR (cn 425) In the big scheme of things, DeHavilland Beavers are pretty rare. DeHavilland Otters, even rarer...to get both in one shot? Pretty awesome! Lake Hood is probably one of the few places in the world where such a shot is still possible, especially on the Rust's Flying Service docks (although that's not what we see here.)

ID 29508 Views: 426 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service DeHavilland DHC-3T Turbine Otter	Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip/Seaplane Base (LHD/Z41) USA - Alaska, June 11, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N2899J (cn 425) This Rust's Turbine Otter is splashing down in the south channel at Lake Hood. Visiting this sea and bushplane base was one of the coolest experiences you could ever have...the action is non-stop, loud, and very exciting...add it to your bucket list!

ID 29472 Views: 580 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service Cessna 208 Caravan 1	Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip/Seaplane Base (LHD/Z41) USA - Alaska, June 11, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N675HP (cn 20800289) Side two of the briefing card found on this Rust's Flying Service Cessna Caravan. Photo taken on my lap while taxiing out for departure from Lake Hood.

ID 29470 Views: 513 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service Cessna 208 Caravan 1	Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip/Seaplane Base (LHD/Z41) USA - Alaska, June 11, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N675HP (cn 20800289) A view of the briefing card on this Rust's Flying Service Cessna Caravan while taxiing out for departure on Lake Hood.

ID 29167 Views: 497 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service Cessna 208 Caravan 1	Anchorage - Off Airport (Beluga Lake) USA - Alaska, June 11, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N675HP (cn 20800289) 58 1/2 statute miles WNW of Anchorage lies Beluga Lake, a glacial lake created by the Triumvirate Glacier, a stopover on my flightseeing trip in this Rust's Caravan. It was unearthly quiet up here, almost as though sound was actually soaked up by the earth...quite surreal.

ID 29109 Views: 468 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service Cessna 208 Caravan 1	Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip/Seaplane Base (LHD/Z41) USA - Alaska, June 11, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N675HP (cn 20800289) I didn't know it at the time, but this would be the plane to take me up on my flightseeing trip just a couple hours later. Pictured here coming to a quick stop outside Rust's base.

ID 28990 Views: 431 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service DeHavilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk1	Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip/Seaplane Base (LHD/Z41) USA - Alaska, June 10, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N2740X (cn 579) Beautiful 1953 vintage Beaver kept in immaculate shape by Rust's Flying Service of Anchorage pictured departing from Lake Hood.

ID 28989 Views: 407 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Rusts Flying Service DeHavilland DHC-3T Turbine Otter	Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip/Seaplane Base (LHD/Z41) USA - Alaska, June 10, 2011	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N2899J (cn 425) The first of a couple teasers for you guys! Just landed on Lake Hood, this Otter was built in 1961 which, coincidentally, is the same year I was born making us both 50 years old! Quite appropriate since this is my big birthday trip and I will be flying with these guys tomorrow on a flightseeing tour! They have a variety of aircraft in their fleet, so I don't know if I'll be on this beauty or not.