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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.
In 1948 another DC-3, a Sikorsky S-43 and a Grumman G-21 Goose were purchased. [4] Grumman Goose of Pen-Air. Reeve sold two of these aircraft to Peninsula Airways (PenAir) in 1977. In March 1949, four days' notice was given that Shemya was to close. This base was vital to Reeve, as it was an all-weather alternative to Adak, Amchitka and Attu.
Grumman G-21 Goose The Kaman K-16B is an experimental vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft that was constructed by Kaman Aircraft for the United States Navy in 1959 to evaluate the tiltwing concept.
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.
Grumman Albatross Harigane UF-2S: US: multi-role: 1961: retired 1976: 6: amphibian flying boat - one converted for research (UF-XS) Grumman Goose: US: utility: 1955: retired 1961: 4: amphibian flying boat (including at least one JRF-5) Grumman E-2C/D: US: AEW: 1987: in use: 18: more on order Grumman S2F-1 Aotaka: US: maritime patrol: 1957 ...
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]
Grumman G-21 Goose: 4: G-21A: 9 passengers, based in Port Hardy, includes three craft operated by Wilderness Seaplanes and one by Pacific Coastal (not on website) Saab 340: 10: 2 - 340A, 8 - 340B: 30 or 34 passengers, based in Vancouver and Calgary (June 2018). Previously operated for WestJet Link [16] Total 28
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 .