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Gweduck Flies!
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message ... In a previous article, Ron Wanttaja said: (BTW, for those who are wondering: It's a Pacific Northwest clam, pronounced "Gooey Duck.") Isn't the clam usually spelt "geoduck"? Yep. You can call a flying clam anything you want to, especially one that nice! g -- Jim in NC |
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On 2008-02-19 23:14:21 -0800, Ron Wanttaja said:
Homebuilt twin-engine composite amphibian had a "Spruce Goose moment" a week or two ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHc5U7VPnmU (BTW, for those who are wondering: It's a Pacific Northwest clam, pronounced "Gooey Duck.") http://www.gweduc.com/ Ron Wanttaja Great video, Ron. Lovely plane. Was that at Renton? Why the unusual spelling for geoduck? -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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Gweduck Flies!
Morgans wrote:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message ... In a previous article, Ron Wanttaja said: (BTW, for those who are wondering: It's a Pacific Northwest clam, pronounced "Gooey Duck.") Isn't the clam usually spelt "geoduck"? Yep. You can call a flying clam anything you want to, especially one that nice! g Flying clam gives an entirely new meaning to "clam up." Yes, I know someone with mention the engines are recips and thus bivalves. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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Gweduck Flies!
Ron,
How exciting to hear that about the history of that ramp you wrote about. As many times as my wife would go out to Renton Field to watch all the awesome stuff going on I never new that. Pretty cool!! THANKS!! Ted "Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message ... On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:57:14 -0800, John Ammeter wrote: Anthony W wrote: Homebuilt twin-engine composite amphibian had a "Spruce Goose moment" a week or two ago: Where did they do the test flight? It reminds me of Young's Bay. My guess is at Renton Field, south end of Lake Washington near Seattle. John Yup, John's right: The plane was built in the Ellison hangar on Renton Airport, on Lake Washington. The seaplane ramp in the video is the same place Wiley Post and Will Rogers left from, and where the Douglas World Cruisers got themselves switched to float gear for the trip to Alaska. Ron Wanttaja |
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Gweduck Flies!
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:02:41 -0800, C J Campbell
wrote: Why the unusual spelling for geoduck? I suspect it's a play on words... the Grumman amphibians are all named after waterfowl, and Ellison started out building essentially a composite Widgeon. A "Geoduck" sounds like it *could* be a waterfowl, keeping with the Grumman tradition, yet it would more likely be pronounced "Geo Duck." So they used the alternate spelling ("Gweduc") and added a "K" to turn it amphibious again. The test pilot (also one of the builders) is a longtime member of our EAA Chapter (in fact, he's the guy who checked me out in Fly Babies back in the '80s) and while he was President, we had our chapter officer's meeting in the hangar where the Gweduck was coming together. One heck of an interesting bird. Their goal is to get it to Oshkosh this summer. Ron Wanttaja |
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Gweduck Flies!
On 2008-02-21 19:13:19 -0800, Ron Wanttaja said:
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:02:41 -0800, C J Campbell wrote: Why the unusual spelling for geoduck? I suspect it's a play on words... the Grumman amphibians are all named after waterfowl, and Ellison started out building essentially a composite Widgeon. A "Geoduck" sounds like it *could* be a waterfowl, keeping with the Grumman tradition, yet it would more likely be pronounced "Geo Duck." So they used the alternate spelling ("Gweduc") and added a "K" to turn it amphibious again. The test pilot (also one of the builders) is a longtime member of our EAA Chapter (in fact, he's the guy who checked me out in Fly Babies back in the '80s) and while he was President, we had our chapter officer's meeting in the hangar where the Gweduck was coming together. One heck of an interesting bird. Their goal is to get it to Oshkosh this summer. Ron Wanttaja I knew there was an interesting story behind that. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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Gweduck Flies!
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Morgans wrote: "Paul Tomblin" wrote in message ... In a previous article, Ron Wanttaja said: (BTW, for those who are wondering: It's a Pacific Northwest clam, pronounced "Gooey Duck.") Isn't the clam usually spelt "geoduck"? Yep. You can call a flying clam anything you want to, especially one that nice! g This just goes to show he can't tell his mollusks apart. (anybody remember the old "adventure" computer game? Flying is his _oyster_!! |
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Gweduck Flies!
On Feb 20, 2:14*am, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
Homebuilt twin-engine composite amphibian had a "Spruce Goose moment" a week or two ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHc5U7VPnmU (BTW, for those who are wondering: *It's a Pacific Northwest clam, pronounced "Gooey Duck.") http://www.gweduc.com/ Ron Wanttaja I was looking at this video of the Gweduck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_NWh...eature=related and was surprised when at 1:59 the engine took a big gulp of spray and spat it back out. What's behind that scoop, the radiator, the exhaust? Would tha effect the engine? Wil |
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Gweduck Flies!
What engines are on it?
Lycomings? They spin different directions like some of the old piper twins. dave William Hung wrote: On Feb 20, 2:14 am, Ron Wanttaja wrote: Homebuilt twin-engine composite amphibian had a "Spruce Goose moment" a week or two ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHc5U7VPnmU (BTW, for those who are wondering: It's a Pacific Northwest clam, pronounced "Gooey Duck.") http://www.gweduc.com/ Ron Wanttaja I was looking at this video of the Gweduck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_NWh...eature=related and was surprised when at 1:59 the engine took a big gulp of spray and spat it back out. What's behind that scoop, the radiator, the exhaust? Would tha effect the engine? Wil |
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