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The Goose is back

I always wondered why someone would not want to start a production line of the G21 again. It can really handle rough water situations and it is a very versatile and hardy flying platform...Glad to see this!
 
Antilles Seaplanes went out of business a while back after being foreclosed on. Their website is still up but I have not heard of any real movement on them building & selling new aircraft in some time.
 
StormILM said:
Antilles Seaplanes went out of business a while back after being foreclosed on. Their website is still up but I have not heard of any real movement on them building & selling new aircraft in some time.
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That could very well be, The video is from 2005. It would be sad if no one picked up on all their equipment and molds for the goose.
 
I love the Radial engine Goose but I find it difficult to think of a business model that would work for substantially upgrading them in any significant numbers.
At best it might work as a smaller side business of a larger company but even then housing all the manufacturing equipment would seem like it would drive prices out of a competitive range.
Viking Air seems to have found a way to market new DHC-6 s but that aircraft is so much more versatile and has such a demand for commercial operators that keeping old ones airborne is a market in itself.
I would be delighted to be proven wrong but I just don't see this market as ever being more than a cottage industry.
 
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