Christopher Ebdon recently sent in this photo with a brief note: “Photo flight of Grumman Albatrosses enroute to Lake Conroe, Texas, to make a big splash.”
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That is one beautiful airplane.
I was with the 36th Air Rescue Sq in Japan back in the mid 50’s and this was our primary airplane. We were on Johnson AFB outside of Tokyo. Had a C-47, and two helicopters. Never did get a flight in any of our aircraft except for a flight in the H5. Great birds
While I was a civil service Flight Test Engineer employed at the Flight Test Division, U.S. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD, back in the early 1970s, a Marine Major gave a few of us a ride in a Grumman UF. It was a real thrill. A wonderful FlyIng Boat. Grumman should never stopped building those. They would still be making servicing everybody.