NPMAC 6 Dec 2015 Xmas at L.Ratapiko

Justin's re-covered Seamaster, 0T8A6584.jpg	Allen's Beaver, 0T8A6590.jpg	John's Explorer, 0T8A6603.jpg	John's Explorer splashes down,0T8A6609.jpg
Rob's Macchi makes a wild take-off, 0T8A6611.jpg	Rob's Macchi makes a wild take-off, 0T8A6612.jpg	Rob's Macchi makes a wild take-off, 0T8A6613.jpg	Rob's Macchi 200, 0T8A6622.jpg
Rob's Macchi 200, 0T8A6623.jpg	Gary's Skipper on the way down, 0T8A6628.jpg	Gary's Skipper on the way down, 0T8A6630.jpg	Gary's Skipper splashes down, 0T8A6631.jpg
Two parts of Gary's Skipper, 0T8A6634.jpg	Trevor's Canadair CL-415, 0T8A6650.jpg	The rescue patrol, 0T8A6653.jpg	Rob's Skipper flipped by a gust while taxiing, 0T8A6656.jpg
Rob's Skipper flipped by a gust while taxiing, 0T8A6657.jpg	Rob's Skipper flipped by a gust while taxiing, 0T8A6659.jpg	The rescue party, 0T8A6662.jpg	Trevor's CL-415, 0T8A6669.jpg
Trevor's CL-415 splashdown, 0T8A6673.jpg	Trevor's Canadair, 0T8A6677.jpg	Rob's Skipper in glide mode, 0T8A6684.jpg	Rob's Skipper skims past, 0T8A6687.jpg
Santa handing out presents, IMG_2139.jpg	Santa handing out presents, IMG_2141.jpg	Santa handing out presents, IMG_2143.jpg	Everyone happy to see Santa, IMG_2145.jpg
Santa handing out presents, IMG_2147.jpg	Jamie happy to see Santa, IMG_2155.jpg	Bill's large floatplane, 0T8A6696.jpg	Bill's large floatplane, 0T8A6698.jpg
The rescue boat, 0T8A6699.jpg	A happy helper in the rescue boat, 0T8A6702.jpg	Mike's Explorer, 0T8A6704.jpg	Bill's large floatplane, 0T8A6705.jpg
Allen's Beaver, 0T8A6709.jpg	Bill's large floatplane, 0T8A6712.jpg	Allen's Beaver, 0T8A6715.jpg	Mike's Explorer, 0T8A6719.jpg
No problems telling Mike's & John's Explorerers apart, 0T8A6723.jpg	Bill's large floatplane, 0T8A6724.jpg	Bill's large floatplane, 0T8A6730.jpg	Mike's Explorer, 0T8A6733.jpg
Allen's Beaver, 0T8A6737.jpg	Mike's Explorer, 0T8A6764.jpg	Mike's Explorer, 0T8A6770.jpg	Jamie helping Rob launch the Macchi 200, 0T8A6773.jpg
John's JR Special, 0T8A6783.jpg	John's JR Special, 0T8A6785.jpg	The rescue boat, 0T8A6788.jpg	John tries to get the JR Special back to the slipway, 0T8A6797.jpg
John tries to get the JR Special back to the slipway, 0T8A6800.jpg	Bill's floatplane touches down, 0T8A6805.jpg	The Macchi coming back after a deadstick stall, 0T8A6809.jpg	Bill's floatplane, 0T8A6815.jpg
Bill's floatplane and *that* Poplar, 0T8A6822.jpg	Bill's floatplane with a rainstorm in the background, 0T8A6828.jpg	Bill's floatplane, 0T8A6836.jpg	Bill's floatplane, 0T8A6843.jpg
Jamie's boat struggling to push Bill's floatplane, 0T8A6853.jpg	Justin's Seamaster blending in with the colours of the lake, 0T8A6863.jpg	Keith's Hog dead in the water, 0T8A6868.jpg	Ross's foam Tidewater, 0T8A6919.jpg
Ross's Tidewater touches down with barely a ripple, 0T8A6923.jpg	Keith returns with his Northstar after the motor stopped (again), 0T8A6925.jpg