Skiplanes & Seaplanes | Super Cub on Floats Takeoff A PA-18 Piper Super Cub on floats can take-off from relatively small lakes. Northern Michigan provides some beautiful lake front backgrounds when capturing floatplane images. This Super Cub has one float up out of the water while the other floats remains on the water. The maneuver reduces drag and allows the plane to get off the water sooner.
The Back Story This image was captured from a speeding motor boat. The challenge was to keep the shutter speed low enough to blur the propeller yet still fast enough to get a sharp image while riding in a bumpy motor boat. See Floatplane Weekend | a 7 Image Story for more information.
