Warbird Information Exchange

I was just looking through several pages of the www.worldwarbirdreport.com Web site and I found some errors on Duane Hover's Thunder over Michigan 2004 pages at:

http://www.worldwarbirdreport.com/Thund ... /page5.htm

I have not been able to find any kind of Contact info to be able to send them the appropriate corrections and Duane's Web site www.renovids4u.com seems to be down as well.

The page starts off with photos of Bob Redner's McKinnon G-21G Turbo Goose, N70AL, (s/n 1226).

Two of the photos are captioned as follows:

Enlarged Cabin
As converted to turboprop power, the G21G TurboGoose featured a larger cabin, enlarged windows and wingtip floats. Prior to conversion to turboprop, some of the post-war "Geese" featured four Lycoming GSO-480 piston engines.

Cockpit
A view from the pilot's side into the cockpit of the Grumman G21G Turbo Goose.

The thing is, the only way that a G-21G has an "enlarged cabin" is IF the Sta. 26 Bulkhead (back wall of the cabin) is removed and the aft baggage space is sacrificed to extend the cabin. This was a McKinnon STC (No. SA108WE) and it was done to N77AQ (s/n 1205) but it was NOT done to N70AL (s/n 1226).

Also, everyone knows that in aviation, the plural of Grumman "Goose" is "Gooses".

And finally, there is NO such thing as a "Grumman G-21G Turbo Goose" - the G-21G Turbo Goose is a McKinnon product that happens to be covered by an entirely different Type Certificate (4A24) than the Grumman G-21A (654). Bob's airplane, N70AL, is a "McKinnon G-21G Turbo Goose"

Of course, because of the GAMA standards implemented during the 1970's (after the original McKinnon G-21G's were built) it became "incorrect" to refer to a turbine aircraft as a "turbo" anything. That is why the new Antilles Seaplanes G-21G's are called "Super Gooses".