Скачать или смотреть Ultravia Pelican CGDAD on Lake Scugog.wmv

A water takeoff from Lake Scugog during a flight out of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada on June 5, 2012. After several days of rain it was just too nice a morning not to go flying.

The aircraft is a homebuilt Ultravia Pelican PL on Czech Aircraft Works 1300A amphibious floats. It first flew in 1999. C-GDAD is powered by a Rotax 914 turbo-charged engine with Arplast PV50 propellor and Smart Avionics constant speed controller. Fuel burn is around 5.5 US gallons of premium auto fuel per hour, so flying it is reasonably economical.

The video camera used was a Drift 1080P HD. Windows Live Moviemaker was used to edit the clip. The Public Domain music is Born Barnstormers by Brian Boyko, downloaded from FreePD.com (Thanks Brian, the tune fit perfectly).

Hope you aviators (armchair types included) enjoy the clip. This is my first attempt at a video. Improvement tips and suggestions for future flights are welcome