FYI: -Famed entrepreneur Howard'Hughes owned and flew one of these great Grumman single radial-engined planes, --for he could go anywhere owing its wonderful amphibious rugged capability; --he experimented and crashed a lot, --thus felt it offered more crash protection by virtue of the staunch hull-structure! Was called the 'Duck' as eluding to both its amphibian prowess, --but also by reference to the central-float protruding forward like a duck's-bill..!!
@hipcat13 She was a Carrier borne aircraft. So a hook would be standard. Pretty impressive that this fella kept it mounted. Wonder if it's functional?
@ralikdiver I was wondering how it could be functional when it won't extend past the float? Perhaps these were Navy planes that were pulled from the assembly line and converted to float planes? Anyone know?
Ya, those raiald will toss ya around like a chunk of fod !! I made that mistake as a rookie Coast Guard Flt. Mech on the Ol' Goat in winter at C.G. Airstation Traverse City on a icy ramp. The other guys laughed their ass,s off !! Not as bad as being told to go find some prop wash and doing it. I grew up flying and my summer camp was Rockford then Oshkosh EAA airshow so I didn't fall for it !!
This is the same aircraft as that used in the Peter O'Tool film Murphy's War. There's some great footage of it taking off in rough water in the Orinoco estuary. After the film the plane was salvaged,re built and is now in an aviation museum somewhere. O K it's damned ugly but l can't help but love the thing. l believe they were used by the U S navy and could carry bombs for use againsed U boats.
I + my dad Thank you, My Marine father was a crew chief n the Pacfic and had a DUCK named "Besty". Sadly, she burnd to the ground 3 days after he went home. Then he was called back to fly Corsairs in Korea and flew most every Grumman type . I know hes here watching this with me, his 45 old baby boy. He passed of A/L/S when I was six years old, so I never really knew him.
I do know, we both will always will love vintage aircraft.
God Bless Dad, I hope you take me flying some day soon.
I saw one that was pulled out of storage at NAS Norfolk in 1972. It had NAF (Naval Air Facility) New York painted on the fuselage. I'm assuming it ended up at NASM in D.C.
I can't believe it. I saw that being rebuilt in my father's garage in Illinois when I was a child. It took him 3 years. I actually sat in the bottom next to the window when he landed it in the water. I've even flown with him in Oshkosh. What amazing memories!!!
glad to have helped you sir! (I just wish he didn't get so close... couldn't zoom out, once locked on a certain zoom, you can only zoom in! but oh well, still was worth it...
@MIJJ555 Cool, my dad is also building a plane in his garage, He's building as Long E-Z hes been building it for 15 years he forgot about it for 10 so really he's been building it for 10 years!
What an airplane!!!! So ugly it's cool. This airplane is so so rare. I think there is only a few flying in the whole world and only a handful left in museums.
You can see from this video, that any vision over the nose doesn't happen until after take off. This is typical, but back in the day, pilots really had to work to take off, mass right rudder, no forward vision, etc.....
FYI: -Famed entrepreneur Howard'Hughes owned and flew one of these great Grumman single radial-engined planes, --for he could go anywhere owing its wonderful amphibious rugged capability; --he experimented and crashed a lot, --thus felt it offered more crash protection by virtue of the staunch hull-structure! Was called the 'Duck' as eluding to both its amphibian prowess, --but also by reference to the central-float protruding forward like a duck's-bill..!!
AryanKnight 3 months ago
lol... Stop the Pigeon!
ZeroCoreExtream 3 months ago
thats gotta be the most ugly plane iv ever seen..
sauucebauss 4 months ago
almost looks A6M-ish
cruisingcody 4 months ago
Is that an arrestor hook I see?
hipcat13 5 months ago
@hipcat13 haha I just noticed that.
alexander1485 5 months ago
@hipcat13 its a world war 2 airplane ;)
comandantelucca 5 months ago
@hipcat13 She was a Carrier borne aircraft. So a hook would be standard. Pretty impressive that this fella kept it mounted. Wonder if it's functional?
ralikdiver 5 months ago
@ralikdiver I was wondering how it could be functional when it won't extend past the float? Perhaps these were Navy planes that were pulled from the assembly line and converted to float planes? Anyone know?
hipcat13 5 months ago
I remember one of these used on the 70's show "Black Sheep Squadron" with Robert Conrad as "Pappy" Boyington
gto66solstice08 6 months ago
@gto66solstice08 My favorite episode of the show for sure.
rrip1 5 months ago
Ya, those raiald will toss ya around like a chunk of fod !! I made that mistake as a rookie Coast Guard Flt. Mech on the Ol' Goat in winter at C.G. Airstation Traverse City on a icy ramp. The other guys laughed their ass,s off !! Not as bad as being told to go find some prop wash and doing it. I grew up flying and my summer camp was Rockford then Oshkosh EAA airshow so I didn't fall for it !!
pinwizz69 6 months ago
The ugly duckling, but anything that flies is a thing of beauty.
Jimbobthebarbarian 6 months ago
radial in the pink, boat in the stink
thecropduster1 7 months ago
You just gotta love a plane that looks like it has a Boner.
Grumman sure built some interesting aircraft.
hammerogod 7 months ago
Now THAT's flying!!!
penumbra155 8 months ago
Excelent!!!!!!!!!
telosfd 8 months ago
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL
Drigea 9 months ago
This is the same aircraft as that used in the Peter O'Tool film Murphy's War. There's some great footage of it taking off in rough water in the Orinoco estuary. After the film the plane was salvaged,re built and is now in an aviation museum somewhere. O K it's damned ugly but l can't help but love the thing. l believe they were used by the U S navy and could carry bombs for use againsed U boats.
crankbv1 10 months ago
the plane has a boner
TheMoeva 11 months ago
grumman goose looks very very different than the grumman duck
7rufis 1 year ago
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I + my dad Thank you, My Marine father was a crew chief n the Pacfic and had a DUCK named "Besty". Sadly, she burnd to the ground 3 days after he went home. Then he was called back to fly Corsairs in Korea and flew most every Grumman type . I know hes here watching this with me, his 45 old baby boy. He passed of A/L/S when I was six years old, so I never really knew him.
I do know, we both will always will love vintage aircraft.
God Bless Dad, I hope you take me flying some day soon.
apatheticempathy 1 year ago
And this, my friends, is why you never stand too close behind horses or aircraft taking off. Props will blow you, but jets will cook you. ;o)
GoodwoodAlpha 1 year ago
@GoodwoodAlpha not my fault he got so close ;)
alexander1485 1 year ago 2
@alexander1485
i told the cop, the same thing about the telephone pole that hit my car, after happy hour, yesterday...
TheKilo0123 1 week ago
@GoodwoodAlpha which is why everyone hates jets! ;)
BikerRussell 9 months ago
@GoodwoodAlpha Ive stood behid a jet before and im not cooked!
TheChickeneer 8 months ago
i saw one of this at Tortola airport some years ago,beautiful
PicoRivera62 1 year ago
I saw one that was pulled out of storage at NAS Norfolk in 1972. It had NAF (Naval Air Facility) New York painted on the fuselage. I'm assuming it ended up at NASM in D.C.
redr1150r 1 year ago
So thats what aeronautical cancer looks like.
DumbDuck44 1 year ago
I wouldn´t call that plane beautiful...
:-P
skazhiprivet 1 year ago
@skazhiprivet she is in her own way.
drod103164 1 year ago
I can't believe it. I saw that being rebuilt in my father's garage in Illinois when I was a child. It took him 3 years. I actually sat in the bottom next to the window when he landed it in the water. I've even flown with him in Oshkosh. What amazing memories!!!
MIJJ555 2 years ago
glad to have helped you sir! (I just wish he didn't get so close... couldn't zoom out, once locked on a certain zoom, you can only zoom in! but oh well, still was worth it...
alexander1485 2 years ago
@MIJJ555 Cool, my dad is also building a plane in his garage, He's building as Long E-Z hes been building it for 15 years he forgot about it for 10 so really he's been building it for 10 years!
TheIndyCanard 1 year ago
Is this the same Grumman Duck that my father, John Seidel rebuilt? He sold it to Kermit Weeks.
MIJJ555 2 years ago
Yes sir, it is!
alexander1485 2 years ago
Main thing that confuses me about the duck is, is it a flying boat or a float plane? it seems to be about halfway between the two forms.
Karagianis 2 years ago
@Karagianis It's called an Amphibian.
SpeedyNeutrino43 1 year ago
@SpeedyNeutrino43
Yes, I know. But is it an amphibian float plane, or an amphibian flying boat?
Karagianis 1 year ago
Ugly - dont look to mirror - Nothing could get one off like this!!!!!!!!!
QuotaSinger 2 years ago
ugly...... really ugly
Orbiter144 2 years ago
What an airplane!!!! So ugly it's cool. This airplane is so so rare. I think there is only a few flying in the whole world and only a handful left in museums.
307OLDS 2 years ago
yea! I just wish he didn't get so close (partly it was my fault, i was zoomed in too much and was committed)
alexander1485 2 years ago
You can see from this video, that any vision over the nose doesn't happen until after take off. This is typical, but back in the day, pilots really had to work to take off, mass right rudder, no forward vision, etc.....
johnkamm 3 years ago
Under the fuselage just above the main float toward the rear is a small windo. Was that for a passenger?
briquetaverne 3 years ago
its part of kermit weeks's collection at the fantasy of flight collection near lakeland florida... and as you can see, it did and can fly.
alexander1485 3 years ago
does it go to airshows??
SgtGrant23 3 years ago
is that baby in flyable condition
SgtGrant23 3 years ago