Goose on hydrofoil

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maxum96
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Goose on hydrofoil

Sun May 10, 2020 12:41 pm

I'd never heard or seen this before. Pretty good color film footage of a Grumman Goose on a hydrofoil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yolgS1bn7P8
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Re: Goose on hydrofoil

Mon May 11, 2020 9:31 am

The multi-bottomed Widgeon mentioned in the film is, I believe, on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson
Michel Lemieux
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Re: Goose on hydrofoil

Mon May 11, 2020 3:24 pm

Wow..this is great!

Just a few years a go this would have been classified!!!

Thank you for sharing.
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Re: Goose on hydrofoil

Mon May 11, 2020 3:34 pm

The multi-bottomed Widgeon mentioned in the film is, I believe, on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson

Yep - and at 4:35 in the video he mentions seeing it in Trade-A-Plane:
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