THANK YOU for not adding any music to the sound track… these engines run so smoothly, it is the best music !

I'm just imagining converting that passenger space into a living quarters and using the plane like a flying camper van.

As a high school kid 79-80, I worked as a Ramper for Catalina Airlines on the Island side. We had a number Goose(s) and various helicopters. Will never forget the sounds and smells of those planes. There's nothing like the sound of a radial engine. Wonderful to see such a well maintained model.

Apart from a few bits of worn paint around the rudder pedals, I cant spot a single thing on that aircraft that isn’t absolutely immaculate. I didn’t know it was possible to keep a plane in that perfect a condition. What a joy to behold. Stunning, truly stunning.

40 seconds into the video and couldn't wait to say; I'm in love with your Goose, especially the colors, both interior and exterior! Amazing capture, thanks for the magnificent views.

Besides the obvious compliments to the pilot and the maintenance team, what impressed me the most is how intense it looked the landing on water. You could feel every small wave and the drag of the water under the hull.

Really brings back memories. As a kid I rode on the Catalina Seaplanes between San Pedro and Avalon many, many times. Fell in love with the Grumman Goose as a kid.

That entire experience looks amazing. Thanks for sharing. Kudos to the pilot.

This brings back childhood memories, listening to those engines and watching the water against the fuselage on take off and landing in the Caribbean, island hopping from St.Thomas to St.Croix.

I remember the Goose being used on TV for the show, "Tales of the Golden Monkey" and the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, "Commando". I've always loved the overhead throttles. This one is IMMACULATE!

This plane reminds me of the show Duck Tales I used to watch as a child. The airplane was called Sunchaser piloted by Mcquack

Beautiful Aircraft. Great to see her flying and not just sitting in a museum somewhere.

A million dollar experience. I am big fan of water borne aircraft, though I may never get the chance. Thanks for taking us along. God bless.

Thank you for this video- when I was in my late teens my parents had a Goose, called Constance, I have a lot of very very happy memories refreshed, and can almost smell that lovely petrolly, oily, hot metal smell, and the hollow tapping slapping noise of the waves when we were tied up out on the islands.

I lived on St.Croix as a kid in the 70s. Antilles Airboats flew several Gooses (Geese??). I would hear them take off all day long as they flew back and forth to S.John and St. Thomas. I only took one round trip ona Goose and will never forget it!.

So cool to see that Goose still giving folks smiles. Got to fly her with Swage way back in 1985.

I live in Lake Macquarie, an area on the eastern seaboard of Australia about an hour north of Sydney. We have an airbase (Rathmines) that was built during WWII for seaplanes - namely the Catalina. These were flown in and out of here for most of the war in defense of Australia and in support of troups in places such as New Guinea. Each year they hold a festival in honour of the planes and pilots. It's fantastic event which draws a large crowd. Unfortunately most of the Catalinas that we have left are not flown much due to age. So we don't get to see them as often as we used to. These are my all time favourite plane.

What a chance to say "I've jumped off a perfectly good airplane without a parachute"

Brought back great memories....... I was a ramp agent for Air Catalina in the early 70s. Spent countless hours in the Gooses. It was great to hear one again. Thanks!

My all-time favorite airplane. My guy is living the dream!

Wow, what a sensory experience! Superb audio recording. Very nice to see the startup procedure as well. Thanks for sharing!

Round engine sound is the best sound. I remember growing up running outside to see old planes flying over and I still do today and I'm 51 now

Beautiful airplane. I fly helicopters for Mercy close to there and have seen this airplane out on the ramp. Very cool.

A lot of times I will let a video on KZfaq just run in the background while I do something else or I will skill around a video that I feel is dull or long winded or poorly edited. This was something different though, something truly worth watching from beginning to end without distractions. People talk about the toys they would buy if they won the lottery and this jus showed me that this would be much higher on my list than any Ferrari or other super car. What a life it would be to run charters with this somewhere in the South Pacific.... what a wonderful dream...

Ive always found those sea planes really cool looking.nothing sounds better than a prop cutting thru air and having a front row seat seeing the engines fire up and prop spinning would be a joy to see.

I remember watching these planes fly in from the USVI to San Juan, PR and we used to park right next to the ramp….. hearing the roar of the engines as it taxied from the sea to the land was incredible. This propelled my love for aviation at 11 years old. At the age of 15 my parents sent me to military school where they had aviation training and I got my pilot’s license.

At first I was like "Oh, what an absolutely beautiful plane!" ... Then the video went into the interior and I was like "Oh my god, she's Gorgeous!" Then you gave us the cockpit view.... "Your plane is absolutely STUNNING!!" The engine sounds incredible. What an incredible plane! Thanks for sharing her with us! :O

Those were the days of travel in class in beautiful planes over short distances. She`s a beauty with a great soul....

LOL...I can't resist..."Hey Corky, tell Sarah and Jack to get in their seats. We're taking a load of Louies' best champagne to Taga Tiya today." There's a relevant pop culture reference for ya. Seriously though---this airplane looks cherry! Those engines sound smooth as silk, and it looks like it was a completely awesome day. Thumbs-up man! :)

An absolutely beautiful plane , so classic and luxurious . Lucky you , thank you for sharing.

Dear sir, thank you for this, marvelous eargasm for a vintage plane fan. Thank you again.

Wow, that looks like so much fun. As an AvGeek who loves nature & water it’s a perfect day out. Thanks for sharing.😃 from Wales.

One of the most beautiful aircraft ever! Beautiful and those R985s are awesome sounding! I used to wrench on Beech 18s!

Beautiful aircraft, and so beautifully restored!! Thanks for taking us along I won a flight on one, as a kid in the late 60's, in Anchorage, AK. I was owned and operated by the Park Service, and they took a handful of us kids who'd won a ride, over to Kenai to some sort of wildlife area and back. The air was rough and I was blowing chow (in a bag). I still have photos of the plane, in black and white, taken on an old "brownie" camera.

My Grandfather who raised me was the primary test pilot for the Goose at Grumman. If he were here I know that he would be quite proud of the pre-flight attention and the safe piloting of this beautiful machine. The Goose along with the Mallard were his favorites. Thank you for this video.

I recognized the plsne because of a Golden Monkey. Such an iconic aircraft. Boat planes are just not given enough love these days.

The Goose and the Albatross are definitely at the top of my favorites list! Thanks for sharing such a great video!!!

Wow, that brought back some memories of flying with a pilot called Freddie Ladd. Beautiful aircraft

I hope you find that Golden Monkey one day 🤣

I think I was one of the few people to enjoy Tales of the Gold Monkey way back when.

The seaplane is absolutely beautiful.

This is one of my favorite videos on the internet. Wish I could join you guys out there, what a beautiful plane and a great time all around. This is just a perfect day caught on camera.

Thanks for posting HDR, It make such a difference!

I'll second "thank you" for not adding music. Great to hear the motors, waves against the fuselage / hull. Great vid!

Ever since I was a kid playing Microsoft Flight Simulator X, my dream plane has been the Grumman Goose. Really cool to see it flying and landing in the water.

I’m only 4 mins in and I just had to comment. I love the way these mechanical controls work. You actually feel everything as opposed to electronics. I’ve never flown by wire so I can’t really say much to the tactile sensory perception of it but there’s something central about feeling exactly what’s at the end of the blade. Excited to watch the rest

I remember working for Manitoba Hydro in the early seventies and one day we we got picked up at a remote location by one of these planes. It was old even then and I looked at it listing on one wing pontoon and thought "is this thing safe"? It was dirty, smelly, and noisy but got us to our destination. I remember noticing that the speedometer showed 220 mph or knots as we were descending - that impressed me. The good old days.

I had to grin from one ear to the other the whole time... Thank you so much for sharing, what a beautiful, beautiful machine!

That looks exactly like my old late friend and Bosses old Goose! Same paint, Robert “Swage” Richardson, if it is his he let me fly that around but mostly his 1942 Howard DGA-15 in the mid later 70s when I was a kid! I worked at University Swaging Ballard! That has to be Bobs old Goose with that pimped out interior, His Howard was Suede inside

Thank you for posting such a breathtaking video! The plane is unbelievably beautiful. Such a rare experience, makes me feel like I was there . Thanks guys! KZfaq surprised me in a wonderful way today

apparently my dad flew on this when it was owned in washington from the late 70s to early 80s, he was very excited to see this bird flying again, still looks the same aswell apparently

My dad used to fly us in his DC3 and twin beach. Awesome.

The floats retract? I never knew that. Truly has the Golden Age of Aviation feel.

I was fortunate to catch a ride aboard one of these back in the 1970s when I was fighting wildfires in Alaska. Very cool

My god those engines sound buttery smooth.

Hello from a Amazon pilot in Brazil, here we got a lot of caravans to do the work. They are good for sure, but Goose is a Goose. Thanks for the images, thanks for the original sound and noises.

Seems to be an amazing experience ! The sound of the engines and everything wow!

VERY Expensive hobby!....and Dangerous......I worked at a private Jet Center...I've seen the bills....and I've seen them Crash at our airport many times!!!....... People don't understand the strict Maintenance that has to be done, even if you're not flying it. Many of these WW2 aircraft are not safe and were designed for short missions, so short maintenance cycles, they were designed to Run hard and Fast, so maintenance is critical. Some aircraft were safe and more reliable than others too. But it's a fun hobby if you can afford it, or are Connected to the right people. Awesome video.

We fly in & out of coastal communities, & fishing camps on the coast of BC, in the Goose, & other small float planes. Have had a few trips in the Goose. It’s a great aircraft! Thanks for sharing!

Frank Bama would be impressed.

What an absolutely beautiful aircraft! Thank you for sharing this

If I were younger and a lot wealthier this would suit me down to the ground but a bloke can still dream.

What a beauty, thanks for letting me come along way cool 😎 aeroplane, definitely a bucket list plane to experience but not too many left I don't imagine.

Thank you for this. Enjoyed every second. Been around planes professionally a few times in my life, It felt like I was there, could almost smell it.

I go to sleep to the sounds of one of these or b29 in the Air its soooo relaxing..

I absolutely love the goose so much!!

I had a smile just watching this, I can't imagine how amazing it was in person Thank you!

As an ex-Coast Guard aviator, the Albatross was being retired as I was in training. They had the Goose prior to that era as well. Gotta say I was stunned to see the sponsons retract!!! All these years and I never knew that was possible. Is that an after market mod, or did I miss something? I knew that Catalina had them, but as far as I knew the Goose, Widgeon, and Albatross did not. Magnificent bird.

this is such a well put together video, i absolutely love it, and the color scheme on that plane could not be improved.

If I saw this flying over my house I would be overwhelmed with joy. Do I want to fly one or want to own one? No never. But to see someone with balls and a wallet that big.. huge respect.

I flew a Goose as a passenger on Antilles AirBoats from San Juan (Puerto Rico) to St. Thomas US Virgin Islands), in the 1970's. A great experience!

Wow just wow!!! The exterior is magnificent, but that interior is beyond amazing!!!!!

This aircraft is amazing, the flight is amazing. Thank you for sharing.

The most splendid of human craftsmanship.

Love those planes nice example thanks for sharing

0:15 how cool is that remote control pusher robot 🤖 thing!? Awesome!

happy to see the old girl still got it:)

Just a outstanding plane inside and out thanks for sharing cheers from the UK 🇬🇧

This is just amazing, thank you for sharing this with us!

This is amazing ....and it has an iconic paint scheme

Not going to lie...I am jealous on multiple levels. Thanks for the video 😢

That’s TOO COOL!!!! I love the Grumman Goose!!! Such a cool plane!

Popping out of the bow hatch would be such an interesting perspective!❤❤❤

Beautiful plan. Great interior as well!

The thing you didn't know you needed to add to your bucket list!! Just WOW!! Thank you!

One of the coolest videos on KZfaq. Nothing better than having a lake day with a WWII plane and your boys. 👌💪

I cannot believe how much i enjoyed this video, thank you

I wish I had a high-quality loop recording of two radial engines at speed to play back at bedtime to drone me sleep. There isn't a more serene melody than that.

I find it fascinating and satisfying to see old burds fired up.

Love the sound of those engines revin' up in harmony :)

Excellent video of a beautiful airplane. There can't be too many planes with such enormous side windows along the cabin! The DeHavilland Comet put an end to big square windows.

Enjoyed the video. I’ve always wanted a water plane or fly in one after watching Tale Spin as a kid.

This is one of the best flying boat video's on youtube. Just way cool.

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!!!!!! So awesome! The interior is so nice 😁

Simply amazing, thank you for the wonderful video!!

Thanks for bringing us along! Great camara work and production.

I grew up, worked and lived my entire life on Costal British Columbia. Spent many hours in Sea Planes going in and out of camp to work. The Beaver and The Goose are my 2 favorite planes.

Thank you for reminding me how cool flying boats are!

I love the spec of that Goose and the exellent condition it's been in. It's really cool to see that your still flying it around.

What a great video on The Grumman Goose ! Loved watching The Tales of the Gold Monkey TV Show , Starring Stephen Collins . What an exciting Goose you have there !