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Gulls to the United States for luxury transport
a year later. But his " Royal Gull "
company shut its doors after about 30 airplanes
were brought here and fitted with
new engines and avionics.
The Gull was better known overseas
where Greek shipping magnate Aristotle
Onassis owned three and King Farouk of
Egypt had one. Eventually, Piaggio took
what it knew about twin-engine pusher
designs and focused on a land airplane,
the P.166. That begat a long series of turboprop
development culminating in the
sleek, high-flying P.180 Avanti.
The Widgeon went through several
iterations and upgrades over the years, and
the McKinnon engine conversions in the
1960s offered major performance enhancements.
But the miniature version of
Grumman's larger, radial-engine seaplanes
was a distraction from the publicly held
aerospace firm's grand post-World War II
ambitions, and the company focused on
more lucrative military contracts.
Today, decades after they first flew, it
takes a special kind of pilot and owner to
keep these sublime, mechanically complex
airplanes in top condition, and to fly
them with precision. Very few have the
flying skills, mechanical knowledge, or
resources to make all that happen.
John Mohr and Brian Van Wagnen
have those special talents and desire in
abundance. They tend to their airplanes
joyfully and fly them with easy grace.
" The main thing I took away from
this experience was learning that your
airspeed indicator reads about 10 knots
fast, " Mohr laughed. " All this time, I
thought your airplane was faster than it
really is. "
" The biggest surprise to me was finding
out just how closely matched these
two airplanes really are, " Van Wagnen
said. " Their performance in most categories
is just about identical. Flying
beside you and your Gull was just a ton
of fun. " dave.hirschman@aopa.org
Both seabirds require climbing atop the
wings to add fuel or service the engines.
John Mohr (below) steps from one peg
to another while ascending the Gull. The
worn throttle quadrant and rudder pedals
are conventional-but the abiltiy of these
airplanes to fly with such grace on and off the
water is not.
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