Airboats are the way to get around region's waters

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For longtime river rats like Dennis Arrowsmith, flying down the Platte on an airboat is the favored mode of transportation. "It's not heaven but it's awfully close," he says.

BY ALGIS J. LAUKAITIS | Lincoln Journal Star

ON THE PLATTE RIVER � They call him Spiderman because a brown recluse bit him.

But unlike the famous webslinger, Dennis Arrowsmith didn’t end up with super powers.

The spider’s venom destroyed the nerves in his left leg, and, over the course of several years, the poison left him partially paralyzed.

Friends and family told him he would never drive an airboat again.

“They should have never said never,� said Arrowsmith, 58, of Fremont.

Chuck Johnson, a friend in Winslow, helped customize Arrowsmith’s airboat so he can throttle and...

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[Whitebear]

Excellent article. It saddens me that even in Nebraska there are those who would deman the boats noise. Sad indeed. I still say there should be a list compiled of individuals who are anti and then kept by each airboater. Let them scream for help on deaf ears. Or better still let the airboater be the first there with lifesaving services.

A really well written article though and over all very PRO airboating.

Scotty