With 5,710 hours total time since new, this 1959 Grumman HU-16 Albatross is no youngster. Its age – 62 years old – also point to the fact that this plane is an old-timer. But as often is the ...

The Grumman HU-16 Albatross was powered by two Wright R-1820s engines, which each provided 1,425 horsepower giving the plane a maximum speed of 250 mph. It had a range of 1,650 miles and a ceiling ...

A short while ago, we showed you a splendidly restored vintage Consolidated Cataline Flying Boat that, at $1 million, sounds like a pretty sweet bargain compared to a private yacht you could buy ...

In a video of the stunt, Jay Leno popped out of the nose of a Grumman HU-16 Albatross airplane as it flew over the Pacific Ocean Jay Leno is taking his act to new heights. The former Tonight Show ...

But his top memory was when a Grumman Albatross HU-16, owned by Chalk International Airlines, landed in the water near him. The 63-foot-long “Zeus,” as they call it, with a wingspan of 98 feet ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Grumman HU-16B Albatross Guess HU? Virtavia is back with another stunning warbird, the Grumman HU-16B ...

The dedication of a meticulously refurbished HU-16 Grumman Albatross airplane Friday at the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station brought back memories to Anne Keller. There were happy ones, like how she ...

Amphibian Aerospace Industries (AAI) plans to produce a re-engined, updated version of the venerable Grumman HU-16 Albatross amphibian aircraft. The HU-16 was widely used from the 1950s to 1980s ...

The Grumman HU-16 Albatross was a large amphibious flying boat produced between 1949 and 1961 and was flown by the US Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard and other military forces around the world.

It was manufactured from 1946-51. Only 59 were built before the plane morphed into the Grumman HU-16 Albatross. Another Grumman plane, this one a beautifully restored and maintained Grumman G-44 ...

One of the finest and most actively flown Grumman Albatross aircraft in existence made an unexpected appearance at Bresso Airfield, a small airport just outside Milan, Italy, in the final days of ...

CRESSON, Texas — Eighteen months ago, Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Matt Boyd started scouring the country for an HU-16 Albatross ... manufactured by Grumman in 1951, was flown onto ...