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...students could take ferries to events instead of the more expensive and weather-dependent mode of flying by PBY, Grumman Goose or 707. Imagine. We could travel just for the pure pleasure of it!Since that magical summer, I have enjoyed watching...
...Crimson Bears' souls who ventured over on the new Alaska Marine Ferry System.Travel prior to that time came by way of Grumman Goose and PBY, and fishing boat.According to Juneau Empire sports writer Vern Metcalfe the Crimson Bears, having been...
...said it was only a matter of time before the vintage Grumman Goose would be retired, and that was one of the reasons officials...and focus instead on larger hubs. Bereskin said the Grumman Goose was less reliable than the hovercraft, anyway, in...
...He founded Ellis Air Transport in 1936 with a YKS-6 Cabin Waco and, following World War II, began flying the Grumman Goose amphibian planes. Later Ellis merged with Alaska Coastal Airlines, which later became part of Alaska Airlines. He...
...in the 1940s, and another 40 or so for overseas customers.In the 1950s, Widgeons and their larger cousin, the Grumman Goose, populated the skies above Kodiak Island.The Grummans are faster than standard floatplanes and can carry more cargo...
...the capitol, a cruise ship, an Eagle totem, a Raven totem, the Alaska-Juneau Mine, a Pacific Coastal Airlines Grumman Goose and a cannery label. Perhaps most notable is DeRoux's nod to the local folks who weren't in favor of the construction...
...than when he was halibut fishing with his father in Glacier Bay and thought he would rather be at the controls of the Grumman Goose soaring overhead. He worked on a system in Juneau that tells pilots what they can't see. "You can't fly into...
...came to Ketchikan in 1940 to work for Ellis Air, which eventually became Alaska Airlines. Bodding commercially flew Grumman Goose floatplanes throughout Southeast Alaska for many years. The Terrace Pipes and Drums Society from British Columbia...
...aluminum, including a cruise ship, Eagle and Raven totems, the Alaska-Juneau Mine, a Pacific Coastal Airlines Grumman Goose, a corner of the capitol building, the state flag and an ancient cannery label. "I am going to get a man lift and...
...Alaska has more coastline than all of the continental U.S., I always thought the best thing in the past was the Grumman Goose that flew for Alaska Coastal Airlines. Albert Judson Juneau