During the Week of the Albatross Splash-In
(February 2nd-11th, 2001) near Boulder City, Nevada, we, Steve McCaughey
and Mary Jahn, are to be betrothed in flight over Lake Mead aboard an Albatross
on February 3rd! This wonderful strange bird, the "Gitmo Ghost" is owned
by Dennis Buehn. It has been lovingly restored by Dennis from the boneyards!
She is painted in her Navy colors with her serial number 927 proudly displayed
on her nose!
During Thanksgiving weekend, we met Dennis
(pictured above) to begin making arrangements for this extraordinary
wet, wild and wonderful wedding. The phenomenal sight when arriving at
their hangar and office was every seaplane enthusiast's dream come true!
There out on the tarmac were row after row of Albatrosses and other Strange
Birds! What a sight to behold... A few of the old HU-16 Albatrosses
were in restoration process or upgrading or ,as in the case of the "Gitmo
Ghost", in a state of perfection ready to roll off the tarmac, climb
into the blue sky and land with a huge splash in a nearby lake!
Thanks...
for sharing our dreams as just a
couple of Strange Birds!
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Wet,
Wild and Wonderful
One of our Strange Bird contemporaries,
Jimmy Buffett, puts it best
in his song:
Half fast and seldom seen
He don't blip the radar
screen
On the deck below the dune
Under the commander's moon
Strange bird from a different
nest
Flying low not like all
of the rest
God only knows where the
strange bird goes when he's flying
Everybody's trying to find
him
But they don't know where
to start
The ornithologist lady says
that he has wings on his heart
Chorus:
Strange bird from a different
nest
Flying low not like all
of the rest
If you can't catch him you
can't name him
If you can't see him you
can't claim him
Stay on the ground or he
will shoot you down
Wings on his heart, he's
a strange bird
Frequent flyer, seldom seen
High above the Caribbean
In my day I've met a few
but he's the strangest bird that's true
But he's in love with the
lady of the waters
And she lives somewhere
up around Cheauxvan
He's gonna circle high above
her runway of love
Until she gives him her
permission to land
Chorus:
Strange bird from a different
nest
Flying low not like all
of the rest
If you can't catch him you
can't name him
If you can't see him you
can't claim him
Stay on the ground or he
will shoot you down
Wings on his heart, he's
a strange bird
Watch out girl, he's a strange
bird
Strange bird flying low
'Cross the Gulf of Mexico
Strange bird not like all
the rest
Watch out girl he's a strange
bird
Shoot you down, he's a strange
bird
It's a bird, it's a plane,
it's a strange bird
Strange Bird
By: Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver
1989
