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Doing some math on the Daher Kodiak takeoff from the Willamette River. The Hawthorne Bridge has a clearance of 49 feet at its highest point when closed. The Kodiak is 15 feet, 3 inches tall (with wheels, not pontoons). That’s ~34 feet of clearance from the bridge if he was on the water.

10/10/26, 6:36 am0 reposts3 likes

Stephan Segraves

@stephan.wtf

Let’s say he was 20 feet of the water, his clearance was ~14 feet. That’s basically zero room for error. Watching the video over and over, I think the pilot expect to get off the water sooner and didn’t.