As a high school kid 79-80, I worked as a Ramper for Catalina Airlines on the Island side. We had a number Goose(s) and various helicopters. Will never forget the sounds and smells of those planes. There's nothing like the sound of a radial engine. Wonderful to see such a well maintained model.
I flew to Catalina many times in the summer late 1960s my mom moved there an bought a house Casa grande stayed with my dad in Santa Barbara for schooling great memories
Apart from a few bits of worn paint around the rudder pedals, I cant spot a single thing on that aircraft that isn’t absolutely immaculate. I didn’t know it was possible to keep a plane in that perfect a condition. What a joy to behold. Stunning, truly stunning.
I would possibly act like some control freak if I had such a perfectly maintained plane and people wet from a swim would want to sit on my leather seats lol
40 seconds into the video and couldn't wait to say; I'm in love with your Goose, especially the colors, both interior and exterior! Amazing capture, thanks for the magnificent views.
Besides the obvious compliments to the pilot and the maintenance team, what impressed me the most is how intense it looked the landing on water. You could feel every small wave and the drag of the water under the hull.
Really brings back memories. As a kid I rode on the Catalina Seaplanes between San Pedro and Avalon many, many times. Fell in love with the Grumman Goose as a kid.
This brings back childhood memories, listening to those engines and watching the water against the fuselage on take off and landing in the Caribbean, island hopping from St.Thomas to St.Croix.
Thank you for this video- when I was in my late teens my parents had a Goose, called Constance, I have a lot of very very happy memories refreshed, and can almost smell that lovely petrolly, oily, hot metal smell, and the hollow tapping slapping noise of the waves when we were tied up out on the islands.
I remember the Goose being used on TV for the show, "Tales of the Golden Monkey" and the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, "Commando". I've always loved the overhead throttles. This one is IMMACULATE!
I flew in these beautiful airplanes in the 1980's on Chalk's International between Florida and the Bahamas - one of the most fun times of m life. Thank you for posting this.
Truly one of the coolest sea planes, if not airplanes, ever made. I remember as a kid watching TaleSpin and Baloo flying that fictional Conwing L-16 Seaplane which was inspired by the Fairchild C-82 and a Grumman G-21A. Amazing to see this footage, thank you so much!
I remember watching these planes fly in from the USVI to San Juan, PR and we used to park right next to the ramp….. hearing the roar of the engines as it taxied from the sea to the land was incredible. This propelled my love for aviation at 11 years old. At the age of 15 my parents sent me to military school where they had aviation training and I got my pilot’s license.
Brought back great memories....... I was a ramp agent for Air Catalina in the early 70s. Spent countless hours in the Gooses. It was great to hear one again. Thanks!
Ive always found those sea planes really cool looking.nothing sounds better than a prop cutting thru air and having a front row seat seeing the engines fire up and prop spinning would be a joy to see.
I live in Lake Macquarie, an area on the eastern seaboard of Australia about an hour north of Sydney. We have an airbase (Rathmines) that was built during WWII for seaplanes - namely the Catalina. These were flown in and out of here for most of the war in defense of Australia and in support of troups in places such as New Guinea. Each year they hold a festival in honour of the planes and pilots. It's fantastic event which draws a large crowd. Unfortunately most of the Catalinas that we have left are not flown much due to age. So we don't get to see them as often as we used to. These are my all time favourite plane.
At first I was like "Oh, what an absolutely beautiful plane!" ... Then the video went into the interior and I was like "Oh my god, she's Gorgeous!" Then you gave us the cockpit view.... "Your plane is absolutely STUNNING!!" The engine sounds incredible. What an incredible plane! Thanks for sharing her with us! :O
A lot of times I will let a video on UA-cam just run in the background while I do something else or I will skill around a video that I feel is dull or long winded or poorly edited. This was something different though, something truly worth watching from beginning to end without distractions. People talk about the toys they would buy if they won the lottery and this jus showed me that this would be much higher on my list than any Ferrari or other super car. What a life it would be to run charters with this somewhere in the South Pacific.... what a wonderful dream...
LOL...I can't resist..."Hey Corky, tell Sarah and Jack to get in their seats. We're taking a load of Louies' best champagne to Taga Tiya today." There's a relevant pop culture reference for ya. Seriously though---this airplane looks cherry! Those engines sound smooth as silk, and it looks like it was a completely awesome day. Thumbs-up man! :)
What an epic flight. She's such a beauty. Loved the interior. Loved the splashes. Loved the fact you went swimming from the plane. Simply I Loved it all!
Hello from a Amazon pilot in Brazil, here we got a lot of caravans to do the work. They are good for sure, but Goose is a Goose. Thanks for the images, thanks for the original sound and noises.
This is one of my favorite videos on the internet. Wish I could join you guys out there, what a beautiful plane and a great time all around. This is just a perfect day caught on camera.
I’m only 4 mins in and I just had to comment. I love the way these mechanical controls work. You actually feel everything as opposed to electronics. I’ve never flown by wire so I can’t really say much to the tactile sensory perception of it but there’s something central about feeling exactly what’s at the end of the blade. Excited to watch the rest
Thank you for posting such a breathtaking video! The plane is unbelievably beautiful. Such a rare experience, makes me feel like I was there . Thanks guys! UA-cam surprised me in a wonderful way today
Beautiful aircraft, and so beautifully restored!! Thanks for taking us along I won a flight on one, as a kid in the late 60's, in Anchorage, AK. I was owned and operated by the Park Service, and they took a handful of us kids who'd won a ride, over to Kenai to some sort of wildlife area and back. The air was rough and I was blowing chow (in a bag). I still have photos of the plane, in black and white, taken on an old "brownie" camera.
That looks exactly like my old late friend and Bosses old Goose! Same paint, Robert “Swage” Richardson, if it is his he let me fly that around but mostly his 1942 Howard DGA-15 in the mid later 70s when I was a kid! I worked at University Swaging Ballard! That has to be Bobs old Goose with that pimped out interior, His Howard was Suede inside
my father has two oldtimer cars and this reminds me so much of the experience to drive them...but flying in the air! absolutely stunning, thanks for the video
Ever since I was a kid playing Microsoft Flight Simulator X, my dream plane has been the Grumman Goose. Really cool to see it flying and landing in the water.
As an ex-Coast Guard aviator, the Albatross was being retired as I was in training. They had the Goose prior to that era as well. Gotta say I was stunned to see the sponsons retract!!! All these years and I never knew that was possible. Is that an after market mod, or did I miss something? I knew that Catalina had them, but as far as I knew the Goose, Widgeon, and Albatross did not. Magnificent bird.
I remember working for Manitoba Hydro in the early seventies and one day we we got picked up at a remote location by one of these planes. It was old even then and I looked at it listing on one wing pontoon and thought "is this thing safe"? It was dirty, smelly, and noisy but got us to our destination. I remember noticing that the speedometer showed 220 mph or knots as we were descending - that impressed me. The good old days.
If I saw this flying over my house I would be overwhelmed with joy. Do I want to fly one or want to own one? No never. But to see someone with balls and a wallet that big.. huge respect.
I'm pretty sure this is "Brownie"? My first A&P job was working for "Foreign and Domestic" enterprise at Boeing Field Seattle. This Goose was owned by the late Bob Richardson. What a treat to see this video.
Ive flown in a Widgeon years ago when i was a teenager, super cool plane so i can imagine what it would be like flying in a Goose. Your Goose is a Beautiful airplane btw!
I lived on St.Croix as a kid in the 70s. Antilles Airboats flew several Gooses (Geese??). I would hear them take off all day long as they flew back and forth to S.John and St. Thomas. I only took one round trip ona Goose and will never forget it!.
What a beauty, thanks for letting me come along way cool 😎 aeroplane, definitely a bucket list plane to experience but not too many left I don't imagine.
Wowzers!! What a cool plane, err, boat, err boat plane?!?! Ive heard of these, never seen one in person but wow are they fantastic!! BTW I would be totally comfortable with that pilot in any situation; his attention to detail, calm demeanor and expertise... a true pilot; guessing its his profession, either military or paramilitary of sorts...
Excellent video of a beautiful airplane. There can't be too many planes with such enormous side windows along the cabin! The DeHavilland Comet put an end to big square windows.
What a great video on The Grumman Goose ! Loved watching The Tales of the Gold Monkey TV Show , Starring Stephen Collins . What an exciting Goose you have there !
We fly in & out of coastal communities, & fishing camps on the coast of BC, in the Goose, & other small float planes. Have had a few trips in the Goose. It’s a great aircraft! Thanks for sharing!
THANK YOU for not adding any music to the sound track… these engines run so smoothly, it is the best music !
Couldn’t agree more, this video made me very happy
@@Cartman420 agree too , thx
Shout out to the mech who set those valves clearances
Absolutely agree! And what a wonderful video!
@@Cartman4200⁰9
The floats retract? I never knew that. Truly has the Golden Age of Aviation feel.
Typically they do not, this one has an STC for it.
@@DylanClements98 ; Thanks for the info.
Make a more detailed video on these details if you can. Coolest plane
As a high school kid 79-80, I worked as a Ramper for Catalina Airlines on the Island side. We had a number Goose(s) and various helicopters. Will never forget the sounds and smells of those planes. There's nothing like the sound of a radial engine. Wonderful to see such a well maintained model.
And I used to see them leave longbeach airport every day. My mom still lives at Carson and paramount 😊
I flew to Catalina many times in the summer late 1960s my mom moved there an bought a house
Casa grande stayed with my dad in Santa Barbara for schooling great memories
😂😂😂😂
@@mtyhntr49tout 4
Flew on those plains many times😅
Apart from a few bits of worn paint around the rudder pedals, I cant spot a single thing on that aircraft that isn’t absolutely immaculate. I didn’t know it was possible to keep a plane in that perfect a condition. What a joy to behold. Stunning, truly stunning.
I was thinking the same thing, that's one of the most beautiful airplanes I've ever seen.
yeah
I would possibly act like some control freak if I had such a perfectly maintained plane and people wet from a swim would want to sit on my leather seats lol
@@FlyingGospel⚓️
40 seconds into the video and couldn't wait to say; I'm in love with your Goose, especially the colors, both interior and exterior!
Amazing capture, thanks for the magnificent views.
This is by far the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.
Thanks! One of the coolest flights I’ve been on for sure
What a chance to say "I've jumped off a perfectly good airplane without a parachute"
Johnny!!!!
Besides the obvious compliments to the pilot and the maintenance team, what impressed me the most is how intense it looked the landing on water. You could feel every small wave and the drag of the water under the hull.
Yes, and also the sound of the props smacking the water spray as the aircraft settled in... very nice.
I'm just imagining converting that passenger space into a living quarters and using the plane like a flying camper van.
That would be perfect. The ultimate trip experience.
Great idea
Air trips instead of road trips 😄
A dream I've always had with a pby catalina. Look up the "landseaire"
My first thought
Really brings back memories. As a kid I rode on the Catalina Seaplanes between San Pedro and Avalon many, many times. Fell in love with the Grumman Goose as a kid.
Me too, flew from Long Beach a long time ago.
I did as well, it was an amazing experience, along with riding the Great White Steamship.
@@Sharkwhisperer57 yes! My first time on the SS Catalina was 1971. Great memories.
A million dollar experience. I am big fan of water borne aircraft, though I may never get the chance. Thanks for taking us along. God bless.
That entire experience looks amazing. Thanks for sharing. Kudos to the pilot.
This brings back childhood memories, listening to those engines and watching the water against the fuselage on take off and landing in the Caribbean, island hopping from St.Thomas to St.Croix.
Thank you for this video- when I was in my late teens my parents had a Goose, called Constance, I have a lot of very very happy memories refreshed, and can almost smell that lovely petrolly, oily, hot metal smell, and the hollow tapping slapping noise of the waves when we were tied up out on the islands.
I remember the Goose being used on TV for the show, "Tales of the Golden Monkey" and the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, "Commando". I've always loved the overhead throttles. This one is IMMACULATE!
Cutters Goose! That brings back memories o my childhood.
This thing was everywhere in the 80s and early 90s ...great plane, well built
I flew in these beautiful airplanes in the 1980's on Chalk's International between Florida and the Bahamas - one of the most fun times of m life. Thank you for posting this.
An absolutely beautiful plane , so classic and luxurious . Lucky you , thank you for sharing.
Truly one of the coolest sea planes, if not airplanes, ever made. I remember as a kid watching TaleSpin and Baloo flying that fictional Conwing L-16 Seaplane which was inspired by the Fairchild C-82 and a Grumman G-21A. Amazing to see this footage, thank you so much!
I was thinking of TaleSpin while watching this too!
So cool to see that Goose still giving folks smiles. Got to fly her with Swage way back in 1985.
Dear sir, thank you for this, marvelous eargasm for a vintage plane fan. Thank you again.
I remember watching these planes fly in from the USVI to San Juan, PR and we used to park right next to the ramp….. hearing the roar of the engines as it taxied from the sea to the land was incredible. This propelled my love for aviation at 11 years old. At the age of 15 my parents sent me to military school where they had aviation training and I got my pilot’s license.
Beautiful Aircraft. Great to see her flying and not just sitting in a museum somewhere.
Brought back great memories....... I was a ramp agent for Air Catalina in the early 70s. Spent countless hours in the Gooses. It was great to hear one again. Thanks!
Thank you for letting those boys have an amazing story to last a lifetime. Especially with an iconic plane like that. A true blast to the past ❤
Wow, what a sensory experience! Superb audio recording. Very nice to see the startup procedure as well. Thanks for sharing!
Ive always found those sea planes really cool looking.nothing sounds better than a prop cutting thru air and having a front row seat seeing the engines fire up and prop spinning would be a joy to see.
I live in Lake Macquarie, an area on the eastern seaboard of Australia about an hour north of Sydney. We have an airbase (Rathmines) that was built during WWII for seaplanes - namely the Catalina. These were flown in and out of here for most of the war in defense of Australia and in support of troups in places such as New Guinea. Each year they hold a festival in honour of the planes and pilots. It's fantastic event which draws a large crowd. Unfortunately most of the Catalinas that we have left are not flown much due to age. So we don't get to see them as often as we used to.
These are my all time favourite plane.
One of the most beautiful aircraft ever! Beautiful and those R985s are awesome sounding! I used to wrench on Beech 18s!
I'll second "thank you" for not adding music. Great to hear the motors, waves against the fuselage / hull. Great vid!
My all-time favorite airplane. My guy is living the dream!
It was a once in a lifetime opportunity for sure. Such a cool plane.
So much DELIGHT! Just watching this I feel happy! Thanks!
I had a smile just watching this, I can't imagine how amazing it was in person Thank you!
Wow, that looks like so much fun. As an AvGeek who loves nature & water it’s a perfect day out. Thanks for sharing.😃 from Wales.
I gotta say, thanks for posting this. What a real treat. I mean it’s fantastic for the viewers, must be amazing to be actually there. What a beauty!
At first I was like "Oh, what an absolutely beautiful plane!" ... Then the video went into the interior and I was like "Oh my god, she's Gorgeous!"
Then you gave us the cockpit view.... "Your plane is absolutely STUNNING!!"
The engine sounds incredible. What an incredible plane! Thanks for sharing her with us! :O
Please don’t use the name of God in vain!
@@kevinbrandon1856 Hush.
@BesttBi didn’t you hear? freedom of religion now means that the religious have the freedom to tell the rest of us how to be
@@winterwatson6437 right, telling them they cant force you to be quiet violates their freedom of speech
A lot of times I will let a video on UA-cam just run in the background while I do something else or I will skill around a video that I feel is dull or long winded or poorly edited. This was something different though, something truly worth watching from beginning to end without distractions. People talk about the toys they would buy if they won the lottery and this jus showed me that this would be much higher on my list than any Ferrari or other super car. What a life it would be to run charters with this somewhere in the South Pacific.... what a wonderful dream...
The Goose and the Albatross are definitely at the top of my favorites list! Thanks for sharing such a great video!!!
Round engine sound is the best sound. I remember growing up running outside to see old planes flying over and I still do today and I'm 51 now
I had to grin from one ear to the other the whole time... Thank you so much for sharing, what a beautiful, beautiful machine!
Imagine being out on the lake in your $500k speedboat, and this guy passes you...
Imagine blah blah blah
I thought that same thing watching this! Thanks for your comment.
LOL...I can't resist..."Hey Corky, tell Sarah and Jack to get in their seats. We're taking a load of Louies' best champagne to Taga Tiya today." There's a relevant pop culture reference for ya.
Seriously though---this airplane looks cherry! Those engines sound smooth as silk, and it looks like it was a completely awesome day. Thumbs-up man! :)
What an epic flight. She's such a beauty. Loved the interior. Loved the splashes. Loved the fact you went swimming from the plane.
Simply I Loved it all!
Hello from a Amazon pilot in Brazil, here we got a lot of caravans to do the work. They are good for sure, but Goose is a Goose. Thanks for the images, thanks for the original sound and noises.
Beautiful airplane. I fly helicopters for Mercy close to there and have seen this airplane out on the ramp. Very cool.
Awesome! We've probably met, I worked as a line guy at this airport all through college.
@@DylanClements98 Where is this?
This is one of my favorite videos on the internet. Wish I could join you guys out there, what a beautiful plane and a great time all around. This is just a perfect day caught on camera.
I’m only 4 mins in and I just had to comment. I love the way these mechanical controls work. You actually feel everything as opposed to electronics. I’ve never flown by wire so I can’t really say much to the tactile sensory perception of it but there’s something central about feeling exactly what’s at the end of the blade. Excited to watch the rest
That's just amazing! Not many people have the opportunity to enjoy such a trip! Wow!
Thank you for posting such a breathtaking video! The plane is unbelievably beautiful. Such a rare experience, makes me feel like I was there . Thanks guys! UA-cam surprised me in a wonderful way today
Those were the days of travel in class in beautiful planes over short distances. She`s a beauty with a great soul....
Wow, that brought back some memories of flying with a pilot called Freddie Ladd. Beautiful aircraft
Now that's a fun way to take the family to the cottage. What a beautiful music those two radial engines make.
This plane reminds me of the show Duck Tales I used to watch as a child. The airplane was called Sunchaser piloted by Mcquack
What about talespin? With Baloo
@@trainwreck420ish thanks I'll have to check it out the plane looks similar in it too !
Wow just wow!!! The exterior is magnificent, but that interior is beyond amazing!!!!!
That’s TOO COOL!!!! I love the Grumman Goose!!! Such a cool plane!
Beautiful aircraft, and so beautifully restored!! Thanks for taking us along
I won a flight on one, as a kid in the late 60's, in Anchorage, AK. I was owned and operated by the Park Service, and they took a handful of us kids who'd won a ride, over to Kenai to some sort of wildlife area and back. The air was rough and I was blowing chow (in a bag). I still have photos of the plane, in black and white, taken on an old "brownie" camera.
That looks exactly like my old late friend and Bosses old Goose! Same paint, Robert “Swage” Richardson, if it is his he let me fly that around but mostly his 1942 Howard DGA-15 in the mid later 70s when I was a kid! I worked at University Swaging Ballard! That has to be Bobs old Goose with that pimped out interior, His Howard was Suede inside
Thanks for the comment. I believe he said he got this plane from Washington. It had sat for several decades and took a year to get airworthy.
It is indeed the same Goose that was once owned by Bob Richardson. Current owner Brian A. bought it from Dr. Loel Fenwick in Coolin, Idaho.
@@davemarion7652 Small world haha
my father has two oldtimer cars and this reminds me so much of the experience to drive them...but flying in the air! absolutely stunning, thanks for the video
Ever since I was a kid playing Microsoft Flight Simulator X, my dream plane has been the Grumman Goose. Really cool to see it flying and landing in the water.
Thanks for posting HDR, It make such a difference!
One of the coolest videos on UA-cam.
Nothing better than having a lake day with a WWII plane and your boys. 👌💪
happy to see the old girl still got it:)
What a beutiful plane, thank you for showing this to all of us.
As an ex-Coast Guard aviator, the Albatross was being retired as I was in training. They had the Goose prior to that era as well. Gotta say I was stunned to see the sponsons retract!!! All these years and I never knew that was possible. Is that an after market mod, or did I miss something? I knew that Catalina had them, but as far as I knew the Goose, Widgeon, and Albatross did not. Magnificent bird.
Haven't been able to find anything concrete, but it looks like the retractable floats might have been done by McKinnon enterprises.
One of the best aviation videos ever made.
I remember working for Manitoba Hydro in the early seventies and one day we we got picked up at a remote location by one of these planes. It was old even then and I looked at it listing on one wing pontoon and thought "is this thing safe"? It was dirty, smelly, and noisy but got us to our destination. I remember noticing that the speedometer showed 220 mph or knots as we were descending - that impressed me. The good old days.
If I saw this flying over my house I would be overwhelmed with joy. Do I want to fly one or want to own one? No never. But to see someone with balls and a wallet that big.. huge respect.
I'm pretty sure this is "Brownie"? My first A&P job was working for "Foreign and Domestic" enterprise at Boeing Field Seattle. This Goose was owned by the late Bob Richardson. What a treat to see this video.
this is such a well put together video, i absolutely love it, and the color scheme on that plane could not be improved.
Seems to be an amazing experience ! The sound of the engines and everything wow!
Ive flown in a Widgeon years ago when i was a teenager, super cool plane so i can imagine what it would be like flying in a Goose. Your Goose is a Beautiful airplane btw!
I lived on St.Croix as a kid in the 70s. Antilles Airboats flew several Gooses (Geese??). I would hear them take off all day long as they flew back and forth to S.John and St. Thomas. I only took one round trip ona Goose and will never forget it!.
Charles Blaire owned that airline and was killed in a goose crash in 1978
Dudes chillin in their boats. Airplane pulls up.
What a beauty, thanks for letting me come along way cool 😎 aeroplane, definitely a bucket list plane to experience but not too many left I don't imagine.
Beautiful and awesome plane. Love the goose.
The thing you didn't know you needed to add to your bucket list!! Just WOW!! Thank you!
My god those engines sound buttery smooth.
What an amazing experience! Thanks for sharing and got keeping it original and pure
Beautiful plan. Great interior as well!
Wowzers!! What a cool plane, err, boat, err boat plane?!?! Ive heard of these, never seen one in person but wow are they fantastic!! BTW I would be totally comfortable with that pilot in any situation; his attention to detail, calm demeanor and expertise... a true pilot; guessing its his profession, either military or paramilitary of sorts...
Beautiful plane, thanks for the ride
Excellent video of a beautiful airplane.
There can't be too many planes with such enormous side windows along the cabin! The DeHavilland Comet put an end to big square windows.
I hope you find that Golden Monkey one day 🤣
15:50 That is so cool. The floats pull up and become wing tips ! Thanks for bringing us along !
Not going to lie...I am jealous on multiple levels.
Thanks for the video 😢
I was fortunate to catch a ride aboard one of these back in the 1970s when I was fighting wildfires in Alaska. Very cool
Muy agradable aventura y lo mejor al natural. Gracias lo vivimos también.
Seaplanes are awesome. They may not look as fancy as regular ones, but the functionality is just incredibly inspiring!
Great video, great plane.
Thanks!
Man this is so awesome, that must have been a day to remember!
What a beautiful plane. Please show us more of it. A walk around review video would be great.
Freaking cool! You guys smiling and make me smile too😎😎😎
Frank Bama would be impressed.
Amazing, you don’t see very many of these still in use. You mostly see them in museums.
Start a booze cruise business and call it The Loose Goose
The original sounds give this video an extraordinary realism. Bravo!
Incrível estado de conservação!! Parabéns bela aeronave
What a great video on The Grumman Goose !
Loved watching The Tales of the Gold Monkey TV Show , Starring Stephen Collins .
What an exciting Goose you have there !
We fly in & out of coastal communities,
& fishing camps on the coast of BC,
in the Goose, & other small float planes.
Have had a few trips in the Goose.
It’s a great aircraft!
Thanks for sharing!
When you don't want to trailer a boat so you just fly one
I cannot believe how much i enjoyed this video, thank you