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.
Commute? I would too! If I could afford it... One morning we taxied out to the runway and they did the full power mag check. I'd always thought that plane would make a great camper but sitting there doing the mag check I thought about how much gas had been used up to that point and I realized that I couldn't afford the gas up to that point!
Wall Street types did commute in Grumman Goose and other similar float planesin the 30s. They could live on Shelter Island or Montauk, land in the East River, up a ramp and be at work in the Financial District. WWII put an end to it.
That is an HU-16, a twin engine amphibian built by Grumman. Powered by two R-1820 -76 engines. I'm guessing at the dash number, 1979 was a long time ago... I was a Coast Guard Flight Mechanic the HU-16 back in 1979-80 out of CGAS San Francisco and CGAS Sacramento. Good times!
i'd commute in that
ReplyDeleteCommute? I would too! If I could afford it...
DeleteOne morning we taxied out to the runway and they did the full power mag check. I'd always thought that plane would make a great camper but sitting there doing the mag check I thought about how much gas had been used up to that point and I realized that I couldn't afford the gas up to that point!
Wall Street types did commute in Grumman Goose and other similar float planesin the 30s. They could live on Shelter Island or Montauk, land in the East River, up a ramp and be at work in the Financial District. WWII put an end to it.
ReplyDeleteThat is an HU-16, a twin engine amphibian built by Grumman. Powered by two R-1820 -76 engines. I'm guessing at the dash number, 1979 was a long time ago...
ReplyDeleteI was a Coast Guard Flight Mechanic the HU-16 back in 1979-80 out of CGAS San Francisco and CGAS Sacramento.
Good times!