Taking Off in a Grumman Goose!

[GekkoKamen]

This is one of those moments in life one treasures forever: Taking off on board a mighty legend, seated on the co-pilot seat, flying over a wonderful landscape in a beautiful day, and with a beautiful girl smiling sweetly at you...wow!! God bless you mate!!

[MasterJericho85]

I love the Goose, I fly one in FSX all the time, love it

[kirkconway]

I could sit there and listen to that for hrs.

Never get tired of it.

Music to my ear's.

[kirkconway]

There's no better sound than a couple of Pratt 985's with howling prop's taking off and then being sinked together with the throttle's.

total walter mitty land.

[SuperApple1995]

i ♥ the sounds of these engines ;)

[LethalHobo]

Aww thats the life man.. theres no word I have for the pilot.. I'm not jealous.. not envious.. not inspired... but... Aspired? I dont know. There is no word for it. I'm just loving it.

[pipersaratoga]

That is a familiar sound and I have been in there on several occasions with a Grumman Goose. Up and down the Baja Peninsula on two different trips. Had a good copilot too. Thanks Bernardo and Ed. Fred Ball

[Treetop64]

Yeah, those old PW R-985s are some of the best aero engines ever. Almost totally reliable, and there are still pa... WHOA! Who's the cutie at 0:59?!

[captmola]

Which Las Cruces in Mexico you mean. I've looked for at Google Earth and found several places with the same name... Is there any ICAO locator for that strip?

[FNP3]

@captmola - It's in Baja, just south of La Paz.

[3624nathan]

Well I fly that plane in flight simulator x and I love it!!!

[kirkconway]

I agree with ya on that, ,

2 985;s with heavy hartzels is airplane heaven,

and the girl in the back on the right side is a Total doll,

ohh man shes really cute

nice smile

i can tell she likes airplanes,

Wooow what a sweety,

[gabrielecripezzi]

I fly that too! Check my Mont Shasta video! LOL

[bjofuruh]

Beautiful noise! Something was lost with the jet engine...

[kirkconway]

Amen Brother , totally, jets have no romance and no charachter,

just get you there and theats it,

no fun no nada,

Id fly around in the goose till i ran out of fuel and then do it again,just to be in lala land flying around the cliffs and islands, wowsie,

Sitting there and just listening to those 985's hum away,

[gergie2]

awesome flight...thanks!

[snooppupc130jrketmas]

amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love that plane, i wish i could fly one some day.

[freiherrudet]

Doing that must not ever get old... damn.

[aleutianflyboy]

Ugghhhh...There is nothing better than a 985 with the heavy Hartzells....Gives me shivers hearing them in all stages of flight.

[CharDog1]

omg. i would just poop my pants.

[aleutianflyboy]

He's a little bit jerky with the Goose. They fly like they are train tracks. Dunno if that's just part of him "Bombing around" or what. Anyways...Still a nice vid... What's N# Btw?

[creb1101]

This aircraft was N322 in the USA.

[leonardo302]

This must have been a long time ago. N322 crashed in 1986 and has been out of service since. I flew in N322 in 1978. aleutianflyboy your right. There is nothing like the sound of those old radials throttling up.

[creb1101]

BEAUTIFUL !!!!