Grumman G-21 Goose
The Goose
“Grumman's first airliner, still working the coast.”
Grumman · private
Grumman's first monoplane, first twin, and first aircraft ever to carry airline passengers — built in 1937 so Long Island commuters could fly from the water to Wall Street. Then the war came and the Goose went to work: Navy patrols, Coast Guard rescues, RAF ferry runs. Nearly ninety years on, the survivors still earn their keep on the Alaska and British Columbia coasts.
Of 345 Geese built before 1946, only about 30 are still airworthy — a 1937 flying boat you can genuinely still catch working for a living.
Deep boat hull with a stepped bottom, high wing, two round radial cowls on the leading edge, floats under the outer wings. If it lands on the water and then drives up the boat ramp, that's the one.
One might be overhead right now.
Bogey turns the The Goose from a dot in the sky into a card in your logbook.
