Name This...(170)
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:26 pm
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RE: Name This...(170)
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:31 pm
Grumman Goose (or possibly Widgeon) iirc.
RE: Name This...(170)
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:32 pm
They used ti use these in the Virgin Islands as a taxi service to the other islands......damn I wish I could remember the name!
RE: Name This...(170)
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:38 pm
Grumman G-21 (Goose) Navy designation JRF-1 to JRF-6. Known as Goose I and IA to RAF.
RE: Name This...(170)
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:53 pm
Yep it's a Goose. I flew in one a lot last summer up in Bristol Bay, Alaska (just a passenger, I was a fishing guide in that area)
I remember talking to the pilot about the Goose and he said that there were only 5-6 still in operation in Alaska and that the FAA was doing all they could to ground them for good.
I've flown in just about every float plane you can find in Alaska and non can compare to the incredible amount of take off power these have, well maybe a twin turbin Otter empty
Freshwater Adventures was the name of the company ops out of Dllingham, Ak
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I remember talking to the pilot about the Goose and he said that there were only 5-6 still in operation in Alaska and that the FAA was doing all they could to ground them for good.
I've flown in just about every float plane you can find in Alaska and non can compare to the incredible amount of take off power these have, well maybe a twin turbin Otter empty
Freshwater Adventures was the name of the company ops out of Dllingham, Ak
RE: Name This...(170)
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:10 pm
Goose I or IA, Widgeon, or Gosling... depending which branch of service it was with. The Gosling/Widgeon were the FAA names but I can't see any RN markings on there so i'm going with Goose too.
RE: Name This...(170)
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:13 pm
Jake Cutter's ride in "Talesof the Gold Monkey".[;)]
RE: Name This...(170)
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:18 pm
The Widgeon was a smaller version of the Goose. The next step up from the Goose was the Mallard, and even the still larger Albatross, which also served in the US Navy and Coast Guard
Just like the Beaver being smaller than the Otter
Just like the Beaver being smaller than the Otter
RE: Name This...(170)
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 5:55 am
Grumman G-21, it is[:)]
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Pictured in Canadian Service.
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Pictured in Canadian Service.