In April 2015, the 61-year-old amphibious aircraft landed at Duncan Aviation’s Lincoln, Nebraska, facility to get fitted with its new interior-or, more accurately, an interior.
I got to go inside this plane in Sand Point, Idaho, truly a beautiful restoration inside and out. The nicest Albatross I have ever seen, like a new airplane!
Absolutely beautiful interior work. Both classic and somewhat modern. Perfectly blending the military and marine roots with a just the right touch of modern & traditional designs.
The Albatross Has Always Been One Of My Favorite Planes (I Don't Know Why) & All Commenters Can Call Me Crazy, I Don't Care Because I Know We're Talking About Millions Of Dollars But I'd Rather Have One Decked Out Like This, Than A Brand New Citation . . .
The cost of that interior probably exceeded the original cost of the airplane. I hope the cockpit got the same treatment, as also seen on the zinc chromate bare interior. Awesome.
Fantastic work. I used build and worked in a Cabinet shop and also after that doing maintenance at Salt Lake City Airport the one that we just replaced. I love seeing people that care about doing great work do it with love. Especially on such a wonderful Aircraft. 😁👍
Plush interiors like this are nice, but I would hate to deal with all of it on a heavy airframe inspection, aircraft are not motorhomes which stay together until they're scraped, some poor mechanic has to remove all that stuff to do a proper inspection.
There's PT6 conversions of Albatrosses out there. As for the "tiny house" part, that's about as niche as you can get in the aviation world. While I also think it would be cool, it's not terribly practical. This is really a two-pilot kinda plane, especially if you have your family in the back and are traveling any kind of significant distance. That alone kills the back-country flying and floating RV plan for a lot of people, unless your partner is also a pilot or you have a really good friend that would fly right seat. The biggest issues are probably cost and safety. The former is incredibly high, and the latter is dubiously uncertain. Also, at this point I think all of these are flying under the experimental exhibition category, which is *NOT* the same as experimental amateur built and is significantly more restrictive. If you just want something you can cruise to some remote location and chill for a few days, that already exists. I've seen one of these that was less visually beautiful but had a layout that made a lot more sense, and it had two bunks, a couch, bathroom, and a small galley area. Flying RV? Kinda. An actual replacement for a house? Nope.
