June 22, 2008 Video of the Week: Float Plane Takeoff from a Moving Trailer

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By AVweb's 'Video of the Week' Editors, Originally Posted on YouTube by cessna140driver

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While we certainly don't recommend this, it does make for an interesting video. Lee Hilbert and Scott Ross found themselves with a Cessna 120 (O-290) on Edo floats miles from the nearest lake, and rather than tow it to the water, they came up with an interesting solution to get the Cessna airborne:

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