RON DUPAS PHOTO
No. 408. McKinnon G-21G Turbo-Goose (N640 c/n 1201)
Photographed at Troutdale Airport, Oregon, USA, June 1972
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Remarks by Derek Linder: "The aircraft was built as a Grumman JRF-5 in April 1945 and delivered to the USN as BuNo. 87729 (c/n B-123). It was struck from the inventory in September 1953 and sold directly to the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska and registered as N640. Later on, circa 1964/65, N640 and another BLM Goose, N642, were taken to McKinnon Enterprises in Oregon and converted with a pair of Pratt & Whitney PT6A SER turboprop engines; it was given the new c/n 1201. On July 10, 2001 it was registered to Larry Teufel of Hillsboro, Oregon, who has completely rebuilt it, the CofA was renewed on October 10, 2005." Visit www.grummangoose.com. |
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