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Description
| Notes: HIGH-WING, amphibious aircraft with fixed wing floats. For search/rescue, asw, and general purpose uses (6 CREW, 12 LITTERS) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | Grumman | |
| Base model: | U-16 | |
| Designation: | HU-16 | |
| Version: | E | |
| Nickname: | Albatross | |
| Equivalent to: | UF-2G | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1952-Present | |
| Basic role: | Utility | |
| Modified Mission: | Search and Rescue | |
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Specifications
| Length: | 61' 3" | 18.6 m | |
| Height: | 25' 10" | 7.8 m | |
| Wingspan: | 96' 8" | 29.4 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,035.0 sq ft | 96.1 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 22,883 lb | 10,377 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 35,700 lb | 16,190 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright R-1820-76B | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1425 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 2,850 miles | 4,589 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 150 mph | 241 km/h | 130 kt |
| Max Speed: | 236 mph | 380 km/h | 205 kt |
| Climb: | 1,450 ft/min | 441 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 21,500 ft | 6,552 m | |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Dyess Linear Air Park | Dyess AFB | Texas |
| Historic Aircraft Restoration Projects | Brooklyn | New York |
| Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum | New York | New York |
| March Field Air Museum | Riverside | California |
| McClellan Aviation Museum | McClellan AFB | California |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
| Pacific Coast Air Museum | Santa Rosa | California |
| USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park | Mobile | Alabama |
HU-16E on display
Historic Aircraft Restoration Projects | March Field Museum | McClellan Aviation Museum | Pacific Coast Air Museum | |
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park |
Recent comments by our visitors
| ADC BOB LOWRY San Diego, CA | Loved the Goat, and the sounds that the engines made while taxing out to the runway. I was about to take my check ride to be fully qualified and the flight was cancelled. The HH-3F was coming to Brooklyn to replace them. Was a Pelican Pusher from then on. The stories that the Goat Herders told were fantastic. Finding Survivors after long Searchs. Getting so excited throwing them their head sets and toilet paper. That is an AM-3 C.E Hogue Jr. AKA "Trouble Shooter" story. Bob Lowry ADC (ret.) 04/05/2012 @ 16:13 [ref: 54955] |
| Ken Farmer San Diego, CA | My hours in the Goat were out of CGAS Annette, Alaska. Not the place you want to be flying a fixed wing in but it was exciting to say the least. Strong old bird that stood up to the rigors of Alaska, where it gets real bad real quick. Transferred to CGAS San Diego the month they traded the Goats for the H3F's. Help in the restoration of the Goat at March AFB museum and helped in the dedication to all of us that had the pleasure (?) of flying in them. Now if I could only hear again!! 09/09/2011 @ 21:14 [ref: 48869] |
| Howard Harris Merrimack, NH | I spent many hours in the 7232 flying from USCG Air Station Salem in 1969 and 1970. 07/11/2011 @ 10:11 [ref: 40120] |
| Bill Braswell Uncertain, TX | OK...........I spelled drink wrong but still not bad typing for one hand. 05/27/2011 @ 15:01 [ref: 38821] |
| Bill Braswell Uncertain, TX | Hey sdfdsf in Ky. You ignorant A Hole! Did you get mixed up and dring your crap product? 05/27/2011 @ 12:10 [ref: 38819] |
| Richard Rogers Long Beach, CA | I don't remember Tom Cress's name as a member of the 1707th FTS (Amphib) Sqdn in Mobile.
I joined that sqdn in Jan 1958, fresh out of Sheppard AFB APG 1&2 Tech School. I was with them wjen PBAFB was shut down and until deactivation in Mobile when a large number of us were transferred to the 13790 PMW Wing at Turner AFB, Albany, Ga. I served with Pat Roycroft, Dave Strong, Bob Oberst, Ken Pacholka, Chris Wilmarth, King Bragdon and Don Liller to name a few of their very best. Please feel free to drop me a line at iraplanna@yahoo.com if you'd like, I'm still in touch with close to a dozen former Amphib Sqdn members if you'd like to establish contact with them. Rich 12/20/2010 @ 12:56 [ref: 34584] |
| Tom Cress Chester, IL | I was stationed at Brookley AFB in 1960. Assigned to the 1707th Flying Training Squadron (Amphibous) operating the SA-16A/B. We trained Albaross crews (some from foreign countries), but did not fly search and rescue mission with one exception. In late November 1960 we had an emergency call to search for a lost boat in the Gulf of Mexico, but I think it was found before we could get the mission off the gound. Mobile was a nice off-duty town for a young airman. I remember that discipline was pretty lax and life was good on the Gulf Coast. We had some memorable squadron parties based on our ability to fly out into the gulf and do some serious fishing off the wings of the airplane, throwing the catch into the bilge and bring them back to base for a huge weekend party. One aircraft was sent on a "training mission" down to Puerto Rico for booze. These parties would continue all weekend and its unbelievable that anyone survived to be on duty Monday morning.
The unit was deactivated in early 1961 and almost every one was sent to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma to the home of the parent wing, the 1707th Air Transport Wing - Heavy (Training). 12/19/2010 @ 11:01 [ref: 34579] |
| Doug Teasley AM 2 USCG , CA |
I first flew in the HU16,s at CGAS Salem Mass 1966 becoming qualified as a SAR Aircrew man. I later transferred to CGAS San Diego in 1967. I flew with Dent and Freet on occasion. Many training and long flights south to de Baja. Most memorable was a medivac and water landing at Mag Bay in Baja. Most frightening was a landing at Lindbergh Field runway 27 and turning off on 31. It seems that our pilot Lt Frank Chlixizke (name spelled wrong of course) was conducting short field landings in prepration for his transfer to the Philippines. It proved how tuff the HU16 is. I aint that tuff... I transferred to the Helo Shop and flew in H52s and later in HH3Fs. 09/12/2010 @ 10:43 [ref: 29964] |
| Ron Dent Durango, CO | I flew in the HU16Es from USCG Air Station, San Diego on many Search and Rescues as an AT 1967-1979. Lots of flights to Baja and off shore for various missions. A fantastic aircraft and perfect for the USCG mission in those days. I remember a few flights with Larry Freet who commented above. 03/19/2010 @ 06:27 [ref: 25893] |
| J. Crawford Sacramento, CA | The HU-16B (SN51-7209)displayed at McClellan was delivered to the USAF in 1953 and assigned to the 1707th Training Sqd (MATS), Palm Beach , Fla. In May 1959 it was deployed to Brookley AFB, Alabama and in March1960 was sent to Davis-Monthan AFB , Arizona. In April 1961 it was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard serving in Washington, Texas and Michigan until 1978. It was then flown to Luke AFB for display until March 1988 when it was flown by C-5 to McClellan AFB for restoration and display in the appropriate Coast Guard markings. 07/23/2009 @ 11:32 [ref: 24309] |
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