Murphys war Grumman Duck

I dont know though if it is the same one though from baa baa?
curlyboy

Yes it is.
Tallman had two Ducks for the film. The other is, I believe, with Kermit Weeks.

BTW: a couple of weeks ago on holiday on the Oregon coast, I went to the Tillamook Air Museum (inside a huge WWII Blimp hangar) and to my surrise they had an airworthy Duck (And a P-38, PBY, Buchon etc.).

How to tell your Grumman amphibians apart:

Grumman Duck (G-15): single-engined biplane flying boat*, first flight 1933, 4 person capacity, wingspan 39′, length 34′, 1× Wright R-1820-54 nine-cylinder radial engine, 900 hp (670 kW)
*the float was integral with the fuselage, and the passengers actually sat in it… note the lower window in this picture (at the trailing edge of the lower wing): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/Grumman_JF2_3.jpg

Grumman Widgeon (G-44): twin-engined high-wing flying boat, first flight 1940, 6 person capacity, wingspan 40′, length 31′, 2× Ranger L-440C-5 inverted inline 6-cylinder engines, 200 hp (150 kW) each
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:G44.jpg

Grumman Goose (G-21): twin-engined high-wing flying boat, first flight 1937, 8 person capacity, wingspan 49′, length 38′, 2× Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior SB-2 air-cooled radials, 450 hp (340 kW) each
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Grumman_Goose.jpg

Grumman Mallard (G-73): twin-engined high-wing flying boat, first flight 1946, 10 person capacity, wingspan 66′, length 48′, 2× Pratt & Whitney Wasp H , 600 hp (447 kW) each
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Grumman_G-73_Ward_Wells_collection_AMHA_US-Gov.jpg

Grumman Albatross (G-111): twin-engined high-wing flying boat, first flight 1949, 30 person capacity, wingspan 80′, length 63′, 2× Wright R-1820-76 Cyclone 9 radial engine, 1,425 hp (1,063 kW) each
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Grumman_HU-16E.jpg

benyboy, your Duck is a Goose or a Widgeon! The Duck is the one with a single float.

Perhaps you are confused, beny, thats a Widgeon or Mallard, well they are all ducks anyway.

I might be miles out here but I thought a Grumman Duck was a high wing, twin engine flying boat. What I thought I saw was a biplane with a large central float like a Kingfisher.

According to the IMDB

‘The airplane itself, a Grumman Duck, that was used in the movie and flown by Frank Tallman, can now be seen on static display at US Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio’

I dont know though if it is the same one though from baa baa?

curlyboy

Beat me to it on this one.

So is it worth buying for the film. I dont need the mail on sunday this week, we have toilet paper in.:rolleyes:

Was that the same duck from baa baa black sheep (black sheep squadron) ?

curlyboy