Grumman Duck in Canadian Service.

[The Chaos]

Hello,
My contribution
I'll build from the Grumman Duck by Airfix a civilian Canadian machine.
The kit is quite old must be Frog or so.
I think it is a fun build 

[Army of One]

Always wanted to do something with one of these........maybe a Mad max/Waterworld style flying contraption......like the one that strafed Costner's boat.......

[Mossie]

Interesting, I love the odd looks of the Duck.  Scooper?

[Captain Canada]

Interesting !

[Old Wombat]

Let's break with the fire-bomber cycle & go with SAR!

Which organisation(s) does(do) Canadian SAR? 

[The Chaos]

Always wanted to do something with one of these........maybe a Mad max/Waterworld style flying contraption......like the one that strafed Costner's boat.......

yes a interessting Idee

Interesting, I love the odd looks of the Duck.  Scooper?

Interesting !

Thanks Guys.

Let's break with the fire-bomber cycle & go with SAR!

Which organisation(s) does(do) Canadian SAR? 

I dont know.
So I know my unfortunately not so good

[jcf]

Canadian SAR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Search_and_Rescue_Program


OPAS (Ontario Provincial Air Service) had two Loening Model 23 Air Yachts:
http://www.bushplane.com/opas-aircraft/histories-opas-loening/



The Model 23 preceded the later OL and C-1/-2 series aircraft which were the direct predecessors
of the Grumman Duck.



So perhaps OPAS as an operator for your Duck?
http://www.bushplane.com/iindex.php?id=opas-history

[Captain Canada]

Funny I've never heard of OPAS ! cool.

[kitnut617]

Let's break with the fire-bomber cycle & go with SAR!

Which organisation(s) does(do) Canadian SAR? 

It's not a private organization OW, it's the RCAF or ( CAF if you go back a couple of years)

You could however have a look here

http://www.canmilair.com/categories.asp?cat=10

[kerick]

This site is bookmarked!
Thanks!

[The Chaos]

Yes Thank you Guys  

I fund pictures og the Duck in U:S Cous Guard Service.
Sorry Link no Pictures, I am at Work.
http://www.check-six.com/images/CG_Aircraft/Thrun-plane-Duck.jpg

[jcf]

The USCG used both JF (Models G-7, G-9, G-10) and J2F (Model G-15), the aircraft in the pics is a JF-2.
The J2F-5/6 aircraft were 'borrowed' from the USN during WWII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_J2F_Duck

What the Wikipedia descriptions miss is that, along with a number of detail differences, the main float was lengthened on the J2F series.

[JayBee]

The kit is quite old must be Frog or so.

It is an Airfix release from 1968.
This looks like it is going to be a fun build. 

[Librarian]

Any Duck's a good Duck....one of my absolute all time favourites ever since my Grampa took me to see Murphy's War (and it was a whiff too ).

[zenrat]

I love a good Duck.  Maybe I'll look out for one at Expo on Monday.
I can picture a monoplane conversion.  I have some  spare P39 wings in the parts box.