Grumman Mallard work day

[@royseleech3524]

I really love the Grumman planes, Albertross, Mallard and Goose. They are on my bucket list after winning the lottery. Also being taught on how to fly them

[@karthikraj5454]

Wow!! Breath taking. A million men would die for this job. Everyday is an adventure.

[@hotspur666]

Flying the Mallard was heaven! However, one day my Mallard leaked diesel...looking in the door by the left gear, the electricals dripped fuel all over.
Had to fly home empty with the generators turned off...X-Rays told us there was cracks everywhere and all about ready to leaked...
So we drilled off all the planks on both wings and so got then two new wings for the new owners...After the Grumman Mallard crash in Miami, most other Mallards are now shut Too bad, loved it!

[@kencohagen4967]

How many guys dream of a job like this? A hobby somewhere close? A simple bushplane with floats? A bushplane with removable floats and regular landing gear when there's no water available? Only a lucky few get to live their dreams, that's a fact. Thanks for sharing someone's dream!

[@Aviatr23]

Great video. Some of aviation at its finest.

[@JamesWilson-wy7ys]

such a beautiful plane!
gotta be my favourite amphibious aircraft hands down :)

[@user-gr9il3hf7s]

❤❤❤

[@lanthanh1938]

Sell me this goes amphibious aircraft, and sold me this water lake, how much it costs, I bring everything to my country, I used as a means to go to school,

[@elysium81]

Looks awesome Dan

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Glorious plane!

[@fitzyholden1036]

Mate was she previously VH-JAW? Only ask as my old man flew her for over a decade in the Whitsundays and then on the Barrow oil fields. Heard she was doing pearling work now.

[@reddog0820]

yes Paspaley does have VH-JAW not sure which one she is now as they have 3 Mallards all working private charters as well as the main transport for the pearling operation

[@jimsonbrown9768]

Check those wing spars.

[@dwightk.schruteiii8454]

Mallards are single pilot Operatable right?

[@reddog0820]

My old Taxi to work

[@BlueSky-qv7cd]

Since there isn't much industry or income in these remote bush communities, Im guessing it works like the Air service to remote Alaskan communities where the Government subsidizes mail service.

[@pilotgeorge2000]

looks like a former chalks airline mallard. . .

[@larablom114]

None of the three Mallards that service Paspaley Pearls appear to have been former Chalks aircraft. Only this one (VH-PPT) was purchased with PT6's by Frakes but was again rebuilt to be one of three Aussie made G73-AT's ordered by Paspaley. You will note the longer engine narcels and four bladed props that are the most obvious visual differences between AEA and Frakes conversions.

[@phillycheesetake]

Fuck off with that shit. You watched a documentary about a poorly-run airline, and then decided it's a good idea to rag on the goose everywhere you find them.
After an airline goes bankrupt, every plane they own is checked over very carefully by prospective buyers.

[@jimsonbrown9768]

Philly Cheese Take : mallard not goose

[@hotspur666]

@@phillycheesetake ........There used to be two dozen of Mallards in the Caribbeans...most going in and out of Puerto Rico in San Juan...after a big hurricane, they all go wiped out, I remember watching one huge pile of aluminium with a twenty Mallards crushed into pieces...after the Chalk crash, this was the end of most Mallard left.