@ Anchorage, AK
May 2023
Photographed this scarlet lineup of Stationairs tied up to a dock at Lake Hood. Lake Hood’s oldest and largest seaplane operator, Rust’s Flying Service was founded in 1963 by retired Air Force Colonel and WWII vet Henry “Hank” Rust. The types of flights offered by Rust’s range from hunting and fishing to flightseeing tours. Introduced in 1962, production of the U206 ended in 1986 when Cessna ceased manufacturing piston-engined aircraft. A total of 5,208 U206s were produced, and four are in the Rust’s Flying Service fleet.
