If there was an award for "Best Airport Dog", Blue, an Australian Cattle Dog (aka Blue Heeler) who runs the roost at seaplane operator Kenmore Air in Seattle.
I was visiting Kenmore with our ace test pilot, Mike Gerzanics, to put together an operator report on Kenmore and to go with Mike to fly and video during is flight test of a Kemore DHC-2 Beaver floatplane.
Blue barked his way into my heart immediately as he scurried around the docks, greeting each aircraft that arrived or departed on 19 May and 20 May, the days I visited. My best picture from the trip is below, taken with my cheap old Casio Exlim.
If you know a good Airport Dog, or airport animal of any variety, drop me a line and I'll post a story about it.
Meanwhile, look for Flight International's Seaplane special feature to run in the magazine and on the web (www.flightglobal.com) on 5 July.
Below is a picture of the Beaver that Gerzanics (on the right) flies for the report. With him is Kenmore chief pilot John Gowey.
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