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
