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The Grumman G-21 Goose is an amphibious flying boat designed by Grumman to serve as an eight-seat "commuter" aircraft for businessmen in the Long Island area. The Goose was Grumman's first monoplane to fly, its first twin-engined aircraft, and its first aircraft to enter commercial airline service.
G-73 Mallard at the Air Zoo. Building on the success of the Goose and Widgeon, Grumman Aircraft developed larger G-73 Mallard for commercial use.Retaining many of the features of the smaller aircraft, such as twin radial engines, high wings with underwing floats, retractable landing gear and a large straight tail, the company built 59 Mallards between 1946 and 1951.
Jimmy Buffett points at his 1939 Grumman Goose being piloted by Bill Howell as it lands at a small airstrip near Lake Okeechobee. Howell worked as Buffett's pilot for nine years.
The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a 20th century American producer of military and civilian aircraft. [2] Founded on December 6, 1929, by Leroy Grumman and his business partners, it merged in 1994 with Northrop Corporation to form Northrop Grumman .
Data from Albatross: Amphibious Airborne Angel, United States Navy Aircraft since 1911, Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 Grumman Albatross: A History of the Legendary Seaplane General characteristics Crew: 4-6 Capacity: 10 passengers Length: 62 ft 10 in (19.15 m) Wingspan: 96 ft 8 in (29.46 m) Height: 25 ft 10 in (7.87 m) Wing area: 1,035 sq ft (96.2 m 2) Airfoil: NACA 23017 Empty ...
Three Canadair CL-215 amphibious flying boats. The following is a list of seaplanes, which includes floatplanes and flying boats.A seaplane is any airplane that has the capability of landing and taking off from water, while an amphibian is a seaplane which can also operate from land.
The Widgeon was originally designed for the civil market. It is smaller, but otherwise similar to Grumman's earlier G-21 Goose, and was produced from 1941 to 1955.The aircraft was used during World War II as a small patrol and utility machine by the US Navy, US Coast Guard, and Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
PenAir was among the last airlines in the world to operate the Grumman G-21A Goose seaplane on scheduled flights. This piston-powered amphibious aircraft was used to resupply remote coastal locations where no land-based airstrip existed. On December 21, 2012, the Grumman Goose made its final commercial flight from Unalaska to Anchorage. [19]