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James R. Miles
This is a Grumman G21A Goose which gave me my very first airplane ride in 1952! Great picture!
user3956
It's always great to see a seaplane, great shot!
adelma
Great action shot! Listen to those P&W's howl!!
skylab72
Not all round motors are P&W. There are also Curtiss, Franklin, Jacobs. And that is just from North America. Almost half of the EU countries also have firms that have sold or do sell aircraft rotaries.
Chris Croft
Hey if adelma wants to imagine the "howl" of P&W's, no need to shoot him down. By the way they are probably Wright R-1820's
a mentor
while there are manufacture's of radials (a rotary was only used during WW I), the G-21 Goose came from the U.S. and had PW

Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-6 Wasp Junior 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 450 hp (340 kW) each

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose#Specifications_(JRF-5_Goose)
adelma
Thanks, a mentor - You win the prize!!
a mentor
forget prizes -- go for accuracy IMO
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Date Aircraft Origin Destination Departure Arrival Duration
08-Oct-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Bella Bella, BC 09:25AM PDT Last seen 10:02AM PDT 0:37
07-Oct-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Port Hardy, British Columbia 03:25PM PDT Last seen 03:55PM PDT 0:30
04-Oct-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, British ColumbiaNear Port Hardy, British Columbia First seen 01:17PM PDT Last seen 02:28PM PDT 1:11
03-Oct-2025 UnknownNear Newport, ORNear Hoquiam, WA First seen 11:09PM UTC Last seen 04:33PM PDT 0:24
03-Oct-2025 UnknownNear Bella Bella, BCPort Hardy () First seen 02:42PM PDT 03:41PM PDT 0:58
03-Oct-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Bella Bella, BC 12:30PM PDT Last seen 01:11PM PDT 0:40
02-Oct-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Port Hardy, British Columbia 09:51AM PDT Last seen 10:13AM PDT 0:22
01-Oct-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, British ColumbiaPort Hardy () First seen 04:49PM PDT 05:16PM PDT 0:27
01-Oct-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, British ColumbiaNear Bella Bella, BC First seen 02:58PM PDT Last seen 04:14PM PDT 1:15
01-Oct-2025 UnknownNear Bella Bella, BCPort Hardy () First seen 11:45AM PDT 12:48PM PDT 1:02
01-Oct-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Bella Bella, BC 09:41AM PDT Last seen 10:14AM PDT 0:33
30-Sep-2025 UnknownNear Bella Bella, BCPort Hardy () First seen 04:14PM PDT 04:52PM PDT 0:38
30-Sep-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Bella Bella, BC 02:55PM PDT Last seen 03:32PM PDT 0:37
30-Sep-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, British ColumbiaPort Hardy () First seen 02:07PM PDT 02:31PM PDT 0:24
30-Sep-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, British ColumbiaNear Bella Bella, BC First seen 12:08PM PDT Last seen 01:17PM PDT 1:08
25-Sep-2025 UnknownNear Bella Bella, BCPort Hardy () First seen 04:17PM PDT 04:57PM PDT 0:39
25-Sep-2025 UnknownNear Alert Bay, British ColumbiaNear Bella Bella, BC First seen 01:51PM PDT Last seen 03:27PM PDT 1:35
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