Craig P Justo's lens pays homage to Goose RP-C864 owned and operated by Bob Keys.
Geese have been a part of the scenery in Alaska for 50 years. Department of Land operated N7811 at Lake Hood, Anchorage, 1989.
RP-C864 as N72PR with Westflight, 1987.
VH-ENY, one of three Geese that have been registered in Australia.
In 1964 Grosvenor Estates acquired a former US-registered G-21A for commuting between Chester and their land interests in Ireland and Scotland, alighting lakes on their property. G-ASXG initially served as RCAF 926
G-21C Turbo-Goose N642, operated by the Alaskan Department of the Interior, also at Lake Hood in 1989.
Prototype G-21 Goose. The type found a niche market with what today would be called corporate users.
Royal Navy Goose IA FP477. This aircraft served with 749 Squadron at Piarco from 1942 to 1944, alongside FP514, the subject of this feature.
Long-serving Goose C-FMPG of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Note the retractable tip floats.
Marshall of Cambridge undertook a one-off McKinnon G-21C Turbo-Goose conversion of Grosvenor Estates’ G-ASXG in 1968.
Geese at work, Pebbly Beach Air Terminal, Avalon Bay, Catalina Island, 1972. In the foreground is N11CS of Air Catalina, the example behind being from Golden West Airlines.
Bow view of Goose I MV993, August 1942. This one-off aircraft is a bit of an enigma. Anson I W1827 in the background served almost exclusively with the Air Transport Auxiliary and with the various Ferry Pools. This may serve as a clue to MV993’s employ, as ATA were known to have at least one Goose.
JRF-5 926 in RCAF service. This aircraft was imported into the UK in 1964, becoming G-ASXG.
McKinnon G-21G Turbo-Goose.
