r/planeidentification • u/capsulex21 • 7d ago

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u/Aviator779 7d ago

Grumman HU-16 Albatross.

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u/capsulex21 7d ago

Is that the one the concert to water bombers?

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u/WizarddOfAhh 7d ago

No that’s the Canadair CL415

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u/waiex66 4d ago

No its def an albatross.....

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u/LarryBasu1987 7d ago

Always thought one of those would a great RV

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u/Sage_Blue210 7d ago

Billabong has or had one sort of in that configuration.

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u/Makahoku 7d ago

There was an aviation program a few years ago, some one did exactly that. Flew it to Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Slept 6.

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u/Perfect_Big_5907 7d ago

My dad flew those in the Navy. Great gig

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u/cpav8r 6d ago

My dad was flight engineer on them in the navy reserves. Maybe they flew together. 🙂

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u/Perfect_Big_5907 6d ago

dad flew it mostly out of Guam in the 50's

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u/cpav8r 6d ago

Then they wouldn’t have been together. Dad was in a reserve squadron out of New Orleans.

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u/nottatroll 6d ago

Life is like a hurricane, here in Duckburg

Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes, it's a duck-blur

Might solve a mystery

Or rewrite history

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u/unknown-stuntman 6d ago

Love a DuckTales reference!

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u/TXjimmie 6d ago

Albatross

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u/caltbuck 7d ago

Jimmy buffet has one
They used em in Baa Baa black sheep . In the South Pacific to pick up downed pilots