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Why Is Colorado the Only State That Bans Seaplanes?
By Adam McCoy
May 23, 2016
Ray Hawkins was just a junior in high school when he piloted his first flight: a BC-12D Taylorcraft, single-engine monoplane over a grassy Florida field. Fast-forward 46 years — after a twenty-year stint in the United States Air Force and a second career with the Federal Aviation Administration — and...
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