Gooney on Floats

dj51d · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:36 pm

I'd love to see that! The biggest thing I've ever seen of floats is a Beech 18.

Jeff · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:41 am **Posts:** 81

I gather the wheels on those floats retract?

krlang · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:35 am

Hey,
Any word on what's going to happen with the Looney bird?
The last thing I heard it was down at Kermit's
WHATS NEXT?

Matt Sharkey · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 2:27 pm **Posts:** 223

I saw a picture of it at FoF but it was missing on 4 July. I will keep an eye out for it.

dj51d · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:44 am

Jeff wrote:

I gather the wheels on those floats retract?

On the Gooney or the Beech-18's? I can't speak for the DC-3, and on the Beech 18's in my photo, I'm not sure if they're amphibs or on beaching gear, I wasn't able to get very close to them.

B-24WillowRun · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:08 pm

A few questions, it sounds poor but what is the Looney Bird?

lso, I looked at FoF, but did not see any other seaplanes other then his S.25, that is a great but of plane. Also the new hangers are comming along well.

last one, any news on where Folsums bases the DC-3 out of is it Greenville?

Don Martin · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:30 pm

The Folsom's Gooney-on-Floats was based at Greenville, Me. Loved to see it at the Seaplane Fly-in. I hear the floats are gone now. Just a note, I saw a Bambo Bomber on floats up there several(10) years ago.

Guest · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 8:34 pm

Here is a picture with the DC-3 at the FoF museum

krlang · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2004 6:09 am

Unfortunately,
there was a T-50 on floats that crashed in Sharon, MA about two months ago, I heard that the new owner was struggling to get off the water the day before the accident, and tried again the next day only to lose power while enroute to his shop in southern New Hampshire, ending up just a little short of a pond and hitting some trees

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