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Pogo · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:43 pm

C'mon, c'mon . . . how many F3F's? I know of one that WON'T be there.

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bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

JDK wrote:

Seriously though, I'd like to be there.

If you can make it out here, you can sleep on my sofa (for the airshow weekend)...

Did I mention my wife makes me keep my sofa out at the hangar? :wink:

JDK · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:55 pm

bdk wrote:

JDK wrote:

Seriously though, I'd like to be there.

If you can make it out here, you can sleep on my sofa (for the airshow weekend)...

Did I mention my wife makes me keep my sofa out at the hangar? :wink:

That's a great offer - I think. Sadly it won't be this show because I haven't earned enough from the last gallivant.

But it will, it will. A chance to checkout bdk's garage interior can't be missed. :lol:

Beachy · **Joined:** Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:20 am **Posts:** 1104

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Did I mention my wife makes me keep my sofa out at the hangar? :wink:

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Is the user of the hangar sofa required to work on the SNJ?

Eric Presten · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:30 pm

It would be cool to see a Duck, Ranger Widgeon, fixed float Goose, recip Mallard, and an Albatros do a flyby together. I'm not sure anymore about the Ranger Widgeon, but the others could be done with California airplanes alone.

There is also the capacity for as many as four Ducks in formation, but that would require some major cross country flying in some expensive and slow airplanes.

Gotta love Leroys waterfowl. A stock Goose is my lotery airplane.

Roger Cain · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:03 pm

warbirdcrew wrote:

I'm with JDK on this one, Albatrosses or bust. Two is the most I've ever seen in one place, once at Arlington in '97? and once at Bellingham when some Australians were there getting type rated on it to fly it back to Oz. The other one being our very own N97HU.

warbirdcrew, you obviously have not gone to the right places, this was at Lake Mead a couple of years ago, they hold this Albatross event each year, although I understand the numbers are down a bit.

The rest of the pictures are at http://www.sfahistory.org/lakemead2004.htm

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:15 pm

That is awesome

marine air · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:01 pm

So let's see;
Amphibs would be; Duck, Widgeon, Goose, Mallard, Albatross
thats easy.
2)F3f Barrel, F4F Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, F7F Tigercat, F8F Bearcat, TBM Turkey a littler more difficult
3) Leeward's Guardian, Cavanaugh's F9f Panther, an Iranian F-14 tomcat, and an OV-1 Mohawk. Most difficult but not totally impossible
4) Static display- F9G Cougar, F11F Tiger, UPS truck, and didnt they make the light aircraft in the 70's called the AA-1 Tiger and Cheetah?
I think I have seen some aluminum canoes with the Grumman name on them too. Anything else?!!

edit; I forgot the ugly ducklings Tracker/Trader/Nomad series.

marine air · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:06 pm

Cripes ! I also forgot the Grumman Agcat series of crop dusters!

JDK · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:10 pm

marine air wrote:

I think I have seen some aluminum canoes with the Grumman name on them too.

Mrs JDK (ex- camp councillor) knew of Grumman before she met me as 'the guys that make canoes'.

A Grumman canoe formation pass would be a good addition. :shock:

That Bolder splash in (and the web-foot Grummans should be on water, of course) is one on the list. Roger, do I see three Albatrosses and a Mallard there? Stupid question- how are they moored? I don't see any lines.

Thanks for the link and reminder. The interior of Reid Dennis' Albatross is something else - what a way to travel.

Cheers,

Roger Cain · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:22 pm

JDK, no Mallards there, I think all together there were around 12 or13 Albs in attendance. The HU-16's have a small hook under the back of the fuselage and were staked to the shore.

JDK · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:38 pm

Thanks Roger. The round nose and scheme of N44RD(?) fooled me there for a moment.

stumac · **Joined:** Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:19 pm **Posts:** 185

Now this may just be a dream however it is coceivable that there could be five flying tigercats. Rod Lewis x2, John Sessions, Clay Lacey and Bob Ponds. Now wouldn't that be a sight!

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

Beachy wrote:

Is the user of the hangar sofa required to work on the SNJ?

Depends how long you stay... :lol:

BTW, POF is hoping to attract some amphibs for the event. Any volunteers?

JDK · **Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:54 am

bdk wrote:

BTW, POF is hoping to attract some amphibs for the event. Any volunteers?

Anyone got Kermit's phone number? No, no - You know, the little guy with the green skin. :rofl:

Seriously though, that would be great, eh?

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