And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Is that airframe that out of rig? Look at the ruddet trim tab.
ReplyDeleteOther than that, I'd died and gone to heaven to have a Grumman bird.
Wind. Wind will do that. She's a crabbing to the port side, sir!
DeleteMay be that far offset to counter the p-factor of both engines.
ReplyDeleteAn amphibian, a Widgeon I think.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed: a Grumman G-44 Widgeon.
DeleteNot to be a jerk about it, but technically that's a flying boat. Float planes have floats.
ReplyDeleteIt IS an amphibian, because it also has landing gear. (Not all "seaplanes" are amphibious.) Float planes may or may not be amphibious, also.
Respectfully disagree. The Widgeon was smaller and had in-line engines. I think this is a Grumman Goose with P&W radial engines.
ReplyDeleteGrumman JRF-1 Goose!
DeleteTales of the Gold Monkey (1982)?
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