Sea Planes
Wiley Post, Renton, Washington
July 2024
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The Will Rogers-Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base (W36) is on the northern outskirts of Renton Airport, south of Seattle. The seaplane base consists of a concrete launch ramp, seaplane dock and ramp space on Renton Airport.
Humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935) and aviator Wiley Post (1898-1935) together took-off from Renton Airport on August 7, 1935 bound for Alaska with plans to fly onward to Siberia and beyond. Sadly a week later they died when their airplane crashed. The City of Renton chose to remember these heroes in 1949 by naming the refurbished floatplane facility the Will Rogers-Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base. |
| de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (N67680 c/n 1338) with Friday Harbor Seaplanes. |
| Left to right: de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (N67680 c/n 1338) with Friday Harbor Seaplanes. |
| de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (N67681 c/n 1158) with Friday Harbor Seaplanes. |
| Left to right: de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (N67681 c/n 1158) with Friday Harbor Seaplanes. |
| de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (N67684 c/n 1208) with Friday Harbor Seaplanes. |
| Left to right: de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (N67684 c/n 1208) with Friday Harbor Seaplanes. |
| de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (N67689 c/n 1242) with Friday Harbor Seaplanes. |
| Left to right: de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (N67689 c/n 1242 wit N67685 c/n 1250 and N67681 c/n 1158) with Friday Harbor Seaplanes. |
| de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (N411MC c/n 981). |
| Left to right: de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (N411MC c/n 981). |
Left to right: de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (N378BD c/n 806).
Quest Kodiak 100 (N182KQ) a utility aircraft designed by and originally manufactured by Quest Aircraft in Sandpoint, Idaho. |
