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Jonathan Edward Caldwell (March 24, 1883 – November 8, 1955) was a Canadian-American self-taught aeronautical engineer who designed a series of bizarre aircraft and started public companies in order to finance their construction.
McKinnon G-21G Turbo Goose conversion with 680 shp (510 kW) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 turboprops A number of modifications were made for the Goose, but the most numerous are those by McKinnon Enterprises of Sandy, Oregon, which holds 21 supplemental type certificates (STCs) for modifying G-21-series aircraft and which also manufactured four different conversions that were recertified ...
Its exhibits include the Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) and more than fifty military and civilian aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), and spacecraft. The museum complex includes four main buildings: the original aviation exhibit hall, a large screen digital theater, a second exhibit hall focused on space technology, and a water park.
In 1997, he developed Grey Goose vodka, made in France by François Thibault, [4] and was so successful in promoting it that he sold the brand to Bacardi for $2 billion in June 2004. In the last years of his life, Frank bought the Travel Savvy and Business Traveler magazine titles for $4 million.
The Hughes H-4 Hercules (commonly known as the Spruce Goose; registration NX37602) is a prototype strategic airlift flying boat designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Intended as a transatlantic flight transport for use during World War II , it was not completed in time to be used in the war.
For sale 20 August 1949 SGB4 Grey Fox: Yarrow, Scotstoun: 24 January 1941 25 September 1941 15 March 1942 For sale October 1947 SGB5 Grey Owl: Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn: 17 April 1941 27 August 1941 1 April 1942 Sold to British Iron & Steel Corporation and scrapped 15 December 1949 SGB6 Grey Shark: Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn: 28 March 1941 17 ...
Here's everything you need to know about 2024 Kentucky Derby hopeful Seize the Grey, ... $300,000 at 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale. Owner: MyRacehorse (Michael Behrens), 1 for 1 ...
The aircraft was completely destroyed by a fire. There were only two survivors. [17] On November 16, 2008, a Grumman G-21 Goose aircraft with seven passengers and one pilot crashed on South Thormanby Island off British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, during a flight from Vancouver International Airport to Toba Inlet.