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Grumman Goose G-21A
S/N 1053
S/N 1061
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S/N 1149
S/N 1141
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S/N 1150
S/N 1152
S/N 1161
S/N 1162
S/N 1165
S/N 1172
S/N 1187
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S/N 1191
S/N B-19
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S/N B-29
S/N B-46
S/N B-53
S/N B-60
S/N B-63
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photo by Paul Wikander
taken from another Goose
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S/N B-88
S/N B-100
S/N B-111
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S/N B-131
S/N B-141
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AAB closes in 1981 and moves aircraft to Alexander Hamilton Airport - St. Croix for future disposition
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Great Reference !
A must for any library
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41 cranks
to raise and lower landing gear (beaching gear)
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Cyril E. King Memorial Services
January 9, 1978
To show their respect for Governor Cyril E. King, Antilles Air Boats dispatched 4 Gooses flown by its retired Air Force pilots that still remembered how to fly a tight formation. The formation flew along the coast, over Christiansted and final path over Kings Hill Cemetery.
"In a moving tribute, four Anitlles Air Boats thundered overhead in a cross formation"
N323 / N8229 / N74676 / N74588
Photos by Charlie Freehling
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Several Ellis Airline aircraft found their way to AAB
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Day'o (The Banana Boat Song - Stell Drum Island
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