I would have been in heaven !! I flew in Ol' Goats in the Coast Guard in the 70s and worked for the second owner of Chalks Dean Franklin at his shop Franklin Aviation in the 80s. He held the world rights to manufacture and sell Grumman seaplane parts and assy,s. He also bought Virgin Island Airlines for Maurren O'Hara after her husband killed himself and passengers by cheating on his Maintance logs and the lft prop spun off and canopened the flight deck to the rudder. I saw the plane at Deans.
Camera plane here was McKinnon Super Widgeon N63350.
I forget if I was in the PBY or the camera plane for this.
We had Several Widgeons, a couple Gooses, two Albatrosses, A Lake Renegade and two Mallards in attendance that weekend. Chalks even sent up a Mallard and gave rides in it!
Somewhere I have pictures of all the planes in attendance
I would have been in heaven !! I flew in Ol' Goats in the Coast Guard in the 70s and worked for the second owner of Chalks Dean Franklin at his shop Franklin Aviation in the 80s. He held the world rights to manufacture and sell Grumman seaplane parts and assy,s. He also bought Virgin Island Airlines for Maurren O'Hara after her husband killed himself and passengers by cheating on his Maintance logs and the lft prop spun off and canopened the flight deck to the rudder. I saw the plane at Deans.
pinwizz69 1 month ago
Camera plane here was McKinnon Super Widgeon N63350.
I forget if I was in the PBY or the camera plane for this.
We had Several Widgeons, a couple Gooses, two Albatrosses, A Lake Renegade and two Mallards in attendance that weekend. Chalks even sent up a Mallard and gave rides in it!
Somewhere I have pictures of all the planes in attendance
the955triple 1 month ago
Great vid! Thanks for posting, this brings back a lot of memories for me. I used to fly an Alby for the Coastguard way way back when...
356butch 2 months ago
All you need is a Mallard and a Goose, and the octet is complete!
KJOSCOT 7 months ago
that was nice but where are the ducks and the goose
adonnis010983 8 months ago
OMG..my dream's! Too bad a Grumman Goose and Duck wasn't in that lineup!
A20havoc 2 years ago
very very nice formation work there.. A buzz for all involved i'm sure.. Good work
18yea 2 years ago
beautiful formation.What is the plane of the camera?Canadair CL215? :))
minder56 2 years ago