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Post by John L on Jan 26, 2017 22:13:18 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 26, 2017 22:15:14 GMT 12
Oh now, sad news
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 26, 2017 22:15:57 GMT 12
The link says two dead.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jan 27, 2017 7:23:58 GMT 12
Mallard VH-CQA
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Post by flyinkiwi on Jan 27, 2017 7:44:54 GMT 12
Very sad news. RIP
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Post by jonesy on Jan 27, 2017 10:42:35 GMT 12
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 27, 2017 16:11:31 GMT 12
c/n.J35. The excellent Air Britain book, “The Grumman Amphibians — Goose, Widgeon & Mallard” by Fred J. Knight, with Colin R. Smith (2013) shows this Mallard as being ferried to Australia via Christmas Island, Pago Pago and Norfolk Island in July 2012, but no further information about registration or operations in Australia, presumably due to the cut-off date for publication of the book. Sadly, one less Grumman Amphibian still in existance. They were always a very rare beast with only 59 being built. |
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Post by harrysone on Jan 27, 2017 20:50:16 GMT 12
too low, too slow looks like it stalled in the turn...
interesting that the media refer to these types as 'light planes'
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Post by komata on Jan 28, 2017 15:46:21 GMT 12
Most unfortunate, not helped by the RNZ 0600 Bulletin for 28 January stating that it was a 'Waterplane'.
Based purely on the RNZ news, I thought it was a 'floatplane' of the Beaver / Cessna ilk. Never an amphibian; a very sad occurence.
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Post by camtech on Jan 28, 2017 16:52:22 GMT 12
Some sad but spectacular photos of this crash.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 30, 2017 9:07:29 GMT 12
I guess they cannot call it the American misnomer of seaplane when it is not operating from the sea, so waterplane was a nice compromise for the non-airminded folks who don't know it's a flying boat.
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