Three Grumman HU-16 Albatrosses Form Up 

Wow! What a spectacular video! Can’t imagine how neat that it would have been to see this in person. Got a ride once many years ago in a Mallard with a water landing and takeoff as well one each on land. It was one of the coolest memories in my 50+ years in aviation.

Fabulous musical arrangements. So fitting for the thrill of flight!

Just found this looking into JBs Jamaica Mistaca song I can't imagine how much fun that was to shoot. Great job!!

And there wasn’t a single drop of avgas left in the fuel truck, and everyone lived happily ever after.

Who every came up with this Video idea, I want to Thank you From the bottom of my heart!

Great stuff! I love seaplanes in general (I especially geek over Catalinas ❤️), and wanted to see an Albatross in action because the recently deceased Jimmy Buffett 🦜🥭🌴🍍🎸had one of these and flew it himself 🙂!

AWESOME! Surely, one of the most romantic aircraft of all time!

My father was an aviation electrician's mate in the US Navy from 1958 to 1962 and specialized on the Albatross. After all his schooling, he got stationed in Osaka, Japan. He flew from San Diego to Osaka via Pearl Harbor and Midway Island in an Albatross. It took two days. The Albatross can travel far; but, not very fast 🤨.

with todays tech, New Atp engines and EMRAX 348T combined this plane can be the best aircraft ever, 24 hours non stop, at 280knots and 6700Nm. This plane deserves more like and get they in production again

Круто. Я бы хотел на них всегда летать.

Two A versions and one B,just amazing!!

Super excited that these beautiful planes will resume production in Australia in the coming years

The best of both worlds

Excellent. Thank you for sharing this enjoyable film!

Good evening from St John Parish, Louisiana 20 Nov 20.

The most beautiful flying video I have ever seen. Dave.

As I believe has already been done… my dream or high bucket list item would be to Kit out an Albatross with an RV like interior and then do a slow and long trip around the world .

Excellent

Great clip!!!!

Wonderfull and awesome

Love this video man that brings me back to Salem mass in the 50s and 60s where the Coast guard flew them regularly . The sound of those radials was awesome as they passed over our little boat in the harbor. It really is a site to see up close and in person ! I hope i can get one of these on my flight simulator soon !

i just watched a cool airshow in knoxville, tn, but there were no Grumans. This has been my favorite plane though above all after remembering it featured in the short lived 80s adventure, The Tale of The Golden Monkey. Of course, Jimmy Buffetts plane, The Hemisphere Dancer, is also an HU16, and ive had many photos taken with it as ive been a Parrothead for many years. Ive seen some Tomcats, P51 Mustangs, P40s, and lots of cool warbirds, but watching this ole boy land in the water again and again is ever so enchanting. The goose might not do all the crazy acrobotic stunts like the warbirds, but it has a beauty all its on as it lands in the water and takes off from land or sea. No disrespect to the warbirds, but lets see em do THIS. Grumans baby! Love the goose.

Superb.

In the mid to late 70s I was flying their little sister the Grumman Goose. We flew them as Air Taxis for Shell Oil Co out of Pan Air @ Lakefront Airport (NEW) in New Orleans down to the mouth of the Mississippi River.

Just beautiful.

Brought memories when I flew as a Coast Guard radio/nav 1969 to 1971 out of St Pete, Fl.

Que beleza, 👏👏👏👏👏🇧🇷

I was a flight mechanic on hu16s in the usaf 31arrs 1965_ 1967 Clark afb pi made a sea pickup of a downed navy pilot in North Vietnam

Love it...

Wow history in motion loved it music was good too

very nice!!

Wonderful !

These are very versatile, long-range, slow and heavy aircraft with very powerful engines, so what is the typical fuel-burn? How many hours would the G111 air-frames have left in them? Can the engines still be overhauled and maintained, or would they need to be replaced with turboprops?

I liked the video

I got sea sick from watching this video! No, not sea sick like that. I am sick after getting a plane like this, I mean. "Oh, lord wont you buy me a Merce... no wait... an Albatross plane!"

Lose the music 'we want to hear those radials

Freeport-McMoran used to have a mallard the bought from Texaco fly into MSY daily bringing crews to the mines at the mouth of the Miss. river.

HIDROAVIÃO LINDO.

Why is the red and white plane no longer shown after 8:45?

WTF the music? TD

You said it! 😂😂

...There shall never any competition!!

Awesome planes - They make me think of the good days when the USA had borders and was a nation of laws.God (Christian) I miss those days.

Daddy I want one to !

hi

The video is very good, except for the lack of natural inflight sounds.

وداعا للعصرالداعشي وداعا وداعا وداعا❤❤❤

I wish it only had the sound of those beautiful round motors. People want to put turbines on them and that would be sacrilege!!

Two minutes in and I had to shut it off thanks to the awful music.

Bad music. The real sound is a good music

Could do without the muzak and HEARING the engines please. Had to turn the sound off and polay engine sounds instead - fits a lot better 🙂 Otherwise superb filming and video! I am en ex Air Force aircraft engineer and training for my private pilot licence. I love the old Grumman Flying boats!

The Albatross is not a flying boat, it is an amphibian, boats don't travel on land.

it could have been a great video, except for the stupid music. Why do people think that music is betterr than the sound of the airplanes???? sheesh!

Really nice footage but would rather hear the Pratts. Music ruined it.