Interesting difference between the landing gear operation of  the
Grumman Mallard, vs the Grumman Widgeon, the Grumman Goose,  and the
PBY. The mallard gear strut is attached to the wing, yet the gear strut
breaks over and the wheels fold into the side of the fuselage. The
Widgeon, the Goose and the PBY landing gear tucks into the fuselage, but
no part of the gear strut is attached to the wing.

BTW, the Widgeon is one sweet little airplane. But you do have to pay
attention. It's a tricky little beast to get onto and off of the water.
It's short coupled and can begin to porpoise on you, eventually dunking
the airplane nose first!

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 3/25/2011 7:01 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> Just back from a few days exploring the Gordon river watershed here on
> Vancouver Island (pics with vanagon content to come), but I thought
> I'd show another couple of plane pics taken earlier this week.
>
> Grumman Mallard and a T-28 in US Navy livery
>
> (the url shows my mistake for originally calling a Mallard a Goose)
>
> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/t-28-and-grumman-goose/
>
>
> alistair
>
>