Mitchell Holman

[David[_8_]]

Thank you for the Alaska pictures - much appreciated as we do not see float
planes in this neck of the African continent.

[Mitchell Holman]

David <not@thisaddress> wrote in
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> Thank you for the Alaska pictures - much appreciated as we do not see
> float planes in this neck of the African continent.
>


Glad you like them.

We don't see many floatplanes here in Texas either,
altho for a time a local airport (Hooks) was where the
Lake Amphibians were made. Even had a water runway next
to the tarmac one.

[Robert Moore]

Mitchell Holman > wrote
> Even had a water runway next to the tarmac one.

Do a "google" or "wikipedia" for "tarmac". You'll be surprised.
TARMAC is (was) a trademark for a surfacing product that is
not the Asphalt or Concrete that is used in highway or runway
construction today.

During 35 years of military and airline flying, we never used
the word tarmac. :)

Bob Moore

[Lynn]

"Robert Moore" > wrote in message
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> Mitchell Holman > wrote
>> Even had a water runway next to the tarmac one.
>
> Do a "google" or "wikipedia" for "tarmac". You'll be surprised.
> TARMAC is (was) a trademark for a surfacing product that is
> not the Asphalt or Concrete that is used in highway or runway
> construction today.
>
> During 35 years of military and airline flying, we never used
> the word tarmac. :)
>
> Bob Moore

Hmmmm...... During my 26 years of pounding the flightline,
all greasy and sweaty (and sometimes freezing) we always called
the ramp and taxiways "tarmac" (even when it was clearly concrete).
I'll have to consult "wiki", evidently. Always assumed it was a
product named for "macadam" (crushed stone?) with a little asphaltic
tar mixed in. With which lots of ramps, taxiways and even runways seemed
to be surfaced.

Old Chief Lynn