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Originally Posted by rgilfert
....some pictures to a long since dormant thread! These shots were taken from Rattlesnake Island looking NW at about 6:00 PM on Aug 23 and they capture the seaplane doing repetitive "touch & Goes" out in the Broads. I can not explain the difference in tail numbers with the picture posted above.
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My wife and I were on our way back to Rattlesnake that evening in August. When I spotted the Goose, I chopped the engine in the boat so that I could listen to those beautiful radial engines. When the plane got closer, I was shocked to see the aircraft had been retrofitted with newer engines. The turbofans looked cool, but they just don't have the beautiful sound that one would expect from a pair of radials clawing for air. She is a beautiful airplane none the less.