Watch as we start the Turbine Grumman Mallard on a mooring, plus go back to shutdown the aircraft on the mooring. Included in the video is some footage of a Lake Buccaneer taxiing on the water with the Mallard.
Nothing short of an amazing plane! Just a couple thousand hours and water landings away…. But working hard to get there eventually. Thanks for sharing Dan
I got to see inside one of these today, the pilot even gave me a tour of the workshop and explained how the turbines work. I reckon I'm ready to fly one now 😅
There's a guy at my home field with a Mallard with the original 1340 Pratts. I got to fly in the plane about 20 years ago and it was memorable. Got some stick time too.
Back in the early 70s I worked part time (being a student at the adjacent college) at Parrot Field, the airport at Angwin, CA, where Frakes did some of their early Turbo Mallard conversions. I have to say that I remember the Mallard as being somewhat larger. Lovely aircraft.
@@wallyschmidt77 The name Wally rings a bell but I don't remember Steve. Bob Hillberg managed the work. Pat Murphy, Bill Miller, Ed Minnick are some of those I remember. Probably think of more later. I got my A&P in '69 and came back to PUC to finish my BA that fall. Started working for Frakes in '70 while going to school. The Mallard is a one-of-a-kind. Nobody forgets them.
The turbine thing is a modification of the Mallard. They came with radials. You can get Gooses with turbines, too, but they look awkward. The Turbines make the Mallard look sleek and sexy.
Is this an ex-Chalks aircraft? Don't especially care for them being retrofitted with turboprops though. I did see a pic somewhere of a few ex Chalks in a desert storage yard still with their piston engines. Would love to see on of them fly. Too bad Chalks cut corners on maintenance and their remaining fleet went to pot and then the 2005 crash happened.
There is a momentary high thrust when feathering the prop and you definitely don't want to have that when you're on water, so it's best to leave it at lock pitch and shut it down, though I'm not quiet sure what kind of turboprop is used is here, whether free or shaft.
