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January 24, 2004
"....smell is the sense that is the strongest
in evoking memories"
Must be. As a kid I used to ride my bike
down to the local seaplane base after
school. We lived inland about 5 miles.
The smell of salt water never fails to
evoke fond memories of "the guys" and
bright yellow Piper Cubs and J-3's on
floats, sparkling in the sunshine.
God, I loved that place. All gone now...
supplanted by condos and office buildings,
as is the Starlite Drive-In which used to
be across the road from the seaplane base, wherein I spent many a
romantic
(or hellraising) evening in my BE and
later, in my MGA's. Also gone is the
Pan Am Helicopter pad next to the drive-inwhich provided
service from Manhattan, JFK and LGA
way back when, along with the little
Amoco gas station which provided
"white" gas for the seaplanes via 5 gal.
jerrycans.
Ah...."progress"...yeah, right!! Glad I
grew up "back when" it was really
fun to be a kid in our town!!
Cap'n. Bob
'60 :{)
PilotRob@... 28560
Posted on January 24, 2004 08:44 AM
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