There's only a few Beavers in Interior Alaska, but many in Anchorage and down into Southeast on floats. One outfit in Anchorage put a 1000HP Polish radial into a Single Otter... talk about a beast! I watched it take off from the Lake Clark strip with 10 or 12 barrels of fuel in it. It was loaded at the end of the runway, about 300ft from the water. When he took off he didn't use the long part of the strip; he just turned towards the short end and was off way short of the water. I was impressed!
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