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Lolenzo
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Believe it or not, but I would LOVE to own an albatross that would be amazing. My wife would divorce me of course.
Switching between a lifelong aviation experience to boating
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psneeld
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It would be a loss to lose your wife...but if you own an Albatross, unless you got a turbine modded one, you would be better off marrying a radial engine specialist...Believe it or not, but I would LOVE to own an albatross that would be amazing. My wife would divorce me of course.
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Are there turbo Albatross? I flew a Turbo Mallard once. Did you know you can bounce a seaplane if you really screw up the landing?
psneeld
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Yep... even a helo can bounce off the water.... but it's much harder to tell what you did versus the wave as helos would just love to roll over if you don't keep some uplift on.
Not sure if any in the US were modded with turbines...wouldn't surprise me what some will do. They did the DC-3 conversion so the "Goat" as the USCG called it shouldn't have been too hard to do.
Aviation enthusiasts know the Albatross flying boats well, with the type first flying in 1947 as an improved version of the Grumman Mallard. The G-111T, built in Australia, will bring the aircraft back to life with digital avionics and state-of-the-art turboprop engines from Pratt & Whitney.
Buy one and I will try to get my pilot license med cert reinstated.
MYTraveler
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In my experience, there is one big difference: By necessity, the happiest, most successful, long-term boaters develop mechanical knowledge and skill that pilots largely don't need or use.
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Lolenzo
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Makes sense to me, ouch!! That’s going to be a challenge.
psneeld
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Don't know about you full aviation background, mine was 100% USCG. Old school pilots believed in understanding every nut and bolt and system in the aircraft down to the last detail. The newer trend was to follow strictly published emergency procedures when necessary.
For those of us that spanned that transition, integrating the best of both saved a lot of aircraft through the years. Sometimes emergencies crossed over because some system failures were not pure and anticipated by the people for writing the emergency procedure section of the manual.
The nice part of seeing both sides of that discussion, I have always been driven to knowing how and why systems work and yet be sure to follow the emergency procedures prescribed.... but when the solution didn't work...it was nice to know where sometimes something else would get you through the emergency.
So I learned just about everything I needed to know to keep my systems on my trawler operational. That's not to say I could repair every one with tools and knowledge onboard, but I knew enough about the system to troubleshoot and identify the problem and most likely fix or bandaid till it could be fixed properly or replaced.
Rome wasn't built in a day and being the consummate cruiser doesn't happen overnight. It the methodology you approach it with that makes the difference.
For those of us that spanned that transition, integrating the best of both saved a lot of aircraft through the years. Sometimes emergencies crossed over because some system failures were not pure and anticipated by the people for writing the emergency procedure section of the manual.
The nice part of seeing both sides of that discussion, I have always been driven to knowing how and why systems work and yet be sure to follow the emergency procedures prescribed.... but when the solution didn't work...it was nice to know where sometimes something else would get you through the emergency.
So I learned just about everything I needed to know to keep my systems on my trawler operational. That's not to say I could repair every one with tools and knowledge onboard, but I knew enough about the system to troubleshoot and identify the problem and most likely fix or bandaid till it could be fixed properly or replaced.
Rome wasn't built in a day and being the consummate cruiser doesn't happen overnight. It the methodology you approach it with that makes the difference.
