Grumman Goose

[willedoo]

Grumman Goose beaching at Crescent Lake, Alaska.

 

 

 

[siznaudin]

Crikey, that was hard work - glad I'm not up for the fuel cost involved.

 

Any suggestions for the under-wing pods? Fuel, perhaps?

 

 

[sixtiesrelic]

Someone should have gotten that chock sized rock off the bottom for him.

 

Not me though. that water would have been painfully cold withall that snow feeding it.

 

 

[siznaudin]

And what's the story with this?

 

Allegedly same a/c, same day, same lake - no underwing pods (that I can make out).:confused:

 

 

 

[siznaudin]

And this is pretty entertaining, too: complete with some quite high speed ("keep it on the step, Joe...") hydro-taxying.

 

 

 

[willedoo]

It would be good if someone shot some video of the Pearl Aviation Turbo Mallards operating out of Truscott in the Kimberleys. It's supposed to be a fairly busy airfield these days, between the pearls & the rigs.

 

I guess those pods would have to be fuel, Geoff. Haven't seen photos of any others with them.

 

Cheers, Willie.

 

 

[siznaudin]

It would be good if someone shot some video of the Pearl Aviation Turbo Mallards operating out of Truscott in the Kimberleys. It's supposed to be a fairly busy airfield these days, between the pearls & the rigs.I guess those pods would have to be fuel, Geoff. Haven't seen photos of any others with them.

Cheers, Willie.

Yes, fuel seems the most likely to me also, but what confuses me is that the short clip - of the a/c going out of control, doesn't seem to have them in place, despite it being (supposedly) taken on the same day at the same place. Something weird going on..:confused:

 

 

[Guest DWB]

After watching above videos I spotted this one on Youtube. Very sad.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SvAZsnijrc

 

 

[willedoo]

Yes, fuel seems the most likely to me also, but what confuses me is that the short clip - of the a/c going out of control, doesn't seem to have them in place, despite it being (supposedly) taken on the same day at the same place. Something weird going on..:confused:

I played that short clip a few times, siz; pity it wasn't a higher resolution. First thing that looked suspicious, the country looks different. Plus the people on the beach also don't seemed to be dressed for Alaska, but I suppose places can still have warm days with snow still on the peaks.

 

Googling around it all seems to point to a crash in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, during filming of a segment for 'Endless Summer ll'.

 

Here's one forum reference to it, http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/print.main?id=2552917

 

If it's true, I'd guess the pilot, Hoot Gibson, wouldn't be the same one that flew space shuttles.

 

Cheers, Willie.

 

Edit: this looks like how they incorporated it into the movie.

 

 

a bit more detail,

 

http://grummangoosecentral.homestead.com/1184.html

 

 

[willedoo]

Found a photo of it with the same paint job as when it had the crash.

 

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Cheers, Willie.

 

 

 

[siznaudin]

You're a thorough searcher, alright - I thought for a moment I was needing new glasses when in the "bit more detail" link I could see it with one turboprop and one radial.

 

Thankfully, it seems as though it was undergoing some sort of test...

 

 

[willedoo]

I thought for a moment I was needing new glasses when in the "bit more detail" link I could see it with one turboprop and one radial.Thankfully, it seems as though it was undergoing some sort of test...

Need new glasses, myself. I missed that part about the turboprop, had to go back for another look.

 

Cheers, Willie.