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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
29-Jul-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Port Hardy, BC 01:33PM PDT Last seen 02:00PM PDT 0:27
28-Jul-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, BCNear Port Hardy, BC First seen 11:19AM PDT Last seen 12:19PM PDT 1:00
27-Jul-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, BCNear Alert Bay, British Columbia First seen 12:34PM PDT Last seen 01:48PM PDT 1:13
27-Jul-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, British ColumbiaNear Port Hardy, BC First seen 10:17AM PDT Last seen 11:56AM PDT 1:39
26-Jul-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Port Hardy, BC 01:24PM PDT Last seen 01:50PM PDT 0:26
26-Jul-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Port Hardy, BC 11:03AM PDT Last seen 11:25AM PDT 0:22
25-Jul-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Bella Bella, BC 12:56PM PDT Last seen 01:32PM PDT 0:36
24-Jul-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Bella Bella, BC 12:27PM PDT Last seen 01:11PM PDT 0:43
23-Jul-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Port Hardy, BC 05:55PM PDT Last seen 06:21PM PDT 0:25
23-Jul-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Bella Bella, BC 10:46AM PDT Last seen 11:32AM PDT 0:46
22-Jul-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, BCNear Port Hardy, British Columbia First seen 03:00PM PDT Last seen 04:10PM PDT 1:10
22-Jul-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, BCNear Port Hardy, BC First seen 01:25PM PDT Last seen 02:27PM PDT 1:01
22-Jul-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Port Hardy, BC 12:24PM PDT Last seen 12:51PM PDT 0:27
21-Jul-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, British ColumbiaNear Alert Bay, British Columbia First seen 04:40PM PDT Last seen 05:33PM PDT 0:53
20-Jul-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, British ColumbiaNear Bella Bella, BC First seen 11:42AM PDT Last seen 12:10PM PDT 0:28
20-Jul-2025 UnknownNear Brooks, ABNear Valemount, BC First seen 10:35AM MDT Last seen 11:17AM MDT 0:41
17-Jul-2025 UnknownNear Bella Bella, BCPort Hardy () First seen 05:10PM PDT 05:57PM PDT 0:46
17-Jul-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, British ColumbiaNear Bella Bella, BC First seen 02:45PM PDT Last seen 04:27PM PDT 1:41
16-Jul-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Port Hardy, BC 05:27PM PDT Last seen 05:47PM PDT 0:19
16-Jul-2025 UnknownNear Port Hardy, BCNear Port Mcneill, BC First seen 03:31PM PDT Last seen 04:35PM PDT 1:04
16-Jul-2025 UnknownPort Hardy ()Near Bella Bella, BC 10:37AM PDT Last seen 11:25AM PDT 0:48
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