21 August 2013

If this Alaskan owned an airplane…

By icefogger

… it would be a Grumman Goose.

At the end of 2012, PenAir retired its Goose — The Spirit of Akutan II — which ended the commercial flying boat service in Alaska. Since 1977, PenAir’s Goose provided regular air service to the remote Aleutian community of Akutan, where the surf was too rough for the floats of more traditional seaplanes.

The Goose is a beautiful seaplane. With those twin 450 horsepower, Pratt & Whitney radial engines, you’d have no trouble getting your moose out.

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Just a basic, down to Earth, laid back type of guy here, who loves the outdoors, the indoors, jazz on the turntable, a fire in the woodstove, the northern lights blazing across the sky, and the company of good friends. View all posts by icefogger

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 at 8:04 AM and tagged with flying, goose, history and posted in Alaska. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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2 responses to “If this Alaskan owned an airplane…”

• Pete
  August 22nd, 2013 at 4:52 AM

  Yes it would haul the entire moose, rack and all, but I’ll stick to a float plane…after all who could afford the gas for the ‘Goose’.

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  • icefogger
    August 22nd, 2013 at 5:02 AM

    If one can afford a Goose, one can afford the gas to fly her. Until then, I have my Rover.

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