Gallery Update: Caravan Amphibian Sighting in Salem!

After I got back from flying this afternoon and as I was buttoning things up with the airplane and hangar, I noticed a Cessna 208 Caravan equipped with floats taxiing out. Having never seen something like that before here in Salem, I knew I had to get a few photos of it, so I grabbed my camera and walked over from the hangars to the south ramp.

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Preview:

Cessna 208 Caravan 675 (N509JE) departing on 34 for Burlington/Mount Vernon. Note the amphibious floats!

The 675 designation denotes that this 208 is an early-model (before development of the 208 Grand Caravan) equipped with a 675 horsepower Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A turboprop engine, which has higher power than the standard P&W PT6A-114.