[Purrybonker]

Actually - that otter story is probably not far from the truth. My dad was CO of a search and rescue squadron that used single and twin otters - usually on floats or skis. The twins were a joy, the singles a curse, particularily in sub-zero temperatures.

It wasn't unheard of to be forced to leave a passenger or two or some equipment on the shores of a remote lake after a drop in on a rescue (or other, ahem) mission. The poor singles were particularily challenged to lift pontoons out of the water unless conditions/payload were ideal. Skis were a cakewalk in comparison.