General Information

Serial #

37824

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL METAL HULL/ WINGS ARE PART METAL AND FABRIC/ PLEXIGLASS WINDOW/ RUBBER TIRES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

11.6 m

Width

14.9 m

Height

3.7 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Aircraft

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Grumman

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Bethpage

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

WAS BUILT IN 1944, PURCHASED BY THE RCMP IN 1945 AND FLEW FOR THEM UNTIL THEY DONATED IT IN 1995

Canada

THE GRUMMAN GOOSE OPERATED FOR THE RCMP FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS WHICH IS THE LONGEST RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN CANADIAN AVIATION HISTORY

Function

AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF LANDING ON A RUNWAY, WATER OR SNOW

Technical

THIS WAS THE FIRST GRUMMAN MONOPLANE TO FLY AND GRUMMAN'S FIRST TWIN ENGINED AIRCRAFT

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

REGISTRATION UNDER PORT WING AND ON BOTH SIDES OF TAIL READS: "C-FMPG"/ ON FUSELAGE BELOW COCKPIT READS: "GRUMMAN ["]GOOSE["]/ RCMP LOGO BESIDE BOTH REAR DOORS AND READING: "RCMP GRC"/ PRINTED ON TOP OF TAIL READS: "[CANADA LODO]/ CANADA"/ MRF'S PLATE ON BULKHEAD IN COCKPIT READS: "GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING CORP., BETHPAGE LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK/ MANUFACTURER'S/ MODEL JRF5/ SERIAL NO 37824/ MFR DATE [BLANK]/ [GRUMMAN LOGO]/ U.S. GOVERNMENT/ JFR5 MODEL/ B77 SERIAL NO/ VRJ CLASS"

Missing

N/A

Finish

FUSELAGE PAINTED WHITE/ YELLOW AND BLUE HORIZONTAL STRIPE ON BOTH SIDES OF FUSELAGE/ WHITE TAIL AND RUDDER WITH BLUE FINS/ BLUE WINGS AND BLUE AND WHITE WING FLOATS/ BLUE AND WHITE ENGINE COWLINGS/ LANDING GEAR PAINTED BLUE/ AIRCRAFT MARKINGS ARE BLUE AND WHITE

Decoration

RCMP LOGO ON BOTH SIDES OF FUSELAGE BESIDE REAR DOORS