Re: [MBZ] Grumman flying boats

2006-01-02 Thread RELNGSON
The albatross was the flying boat with the side drop-down landing gear? My dad flew in those, SR. Actually, all four of Grumman's flying boats used that gear design. RLE

Re: [MBZ] Grumman flying boats

2006-01-02 Thread LT Don
They dropped down not quite one at a time, but with enough of a time lag that it took lots of rudder to correct when the first one (starboard side, if I remember) started its path down. On 1/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The albatross was the flying boat with the side