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.
Time to start saving your money.... I read that a company in Australia had the complete blueprints for the Grumman Albatross and was going to start building new ones. https://www.aerotime.aero/29700-australia-to-restart-uh-16-production-after-60-years
Antilles Airboats had a terminal in Fajardo where I live. Easy way to get to St Thomas USVI. No co-pilot, they would usually put a passenger in the co-pilot seat. I always tried to get it.
Starts out feeling like a boat, then, just before getting airborne, like a submarine with water everywhere. Then all of a sudden, you are in the sir and it's smooth.
Cruising altitude was about 500-1000 feet.
Wonderful plane.
Jimmy Buffet had one, wrote a pretty good novel about taking it to Cuba. "Where is Joe Merchant"
Time to start saving your money....
ReplyDeleteI read that a company in Australia had the complete blueprints for the Grumman Albatross and was going to start building new ones.
https://www.aerotime.aero/29700-australia-to-restart-uh-16-production-after-60-years
Aircraft shown is a Grumman G-21 Goose. The Albatross is a HU-16, used by the services for sea rescue, USAF, Navy and Coast Guard.
DeleteI know, (I was a USCG Flight Mech in the HU-16) but I figured if you really wanted a multiengine amphib why not want a new one?
DeleteI've wanted one since I was eight years old!
ReplyDeleteThat's about the cutest plane I've ever seen!
ReplyDeleteTales of the Brass Monkey.
ReplyDeleteThe Gold Monkey!
ReplyDeleteMemories of Antilles Airways....the good ol' days....
ReplyDeleteAntilles Airboats had a terminal in Fajardo where I live. Easy way to get to St Thomas USVI. No co-pilot, they would usually put a passenger in the co-pilot seat. I always tried to get it.
ReplyDeleteStarts out feeling like a boat, then, just before getting airborne, like a submarine with water everywhere. Then all of a sudden, you are in the sir and it's smooth.
Cruising altitude was about 500-1000 feet.
Wonderful plane.
Jimmy Buffet had one, wrote a pretty good novel about taking it to Cuba. "Where is Joe Merchant"