Registration / Serial:04351
Military Code:16-B
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman G-21 Goose
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman G-21/38/39 Goose
Aircraft Version:Kaman K-16B
Manufacturers:Grumman / Kaman
C/n (msn):1178
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Windsor Locks - Bradley International (KBDL / BDL)Map
Region / Country:Connecticut, United States
Collection:New England Air Museum
Photo Date:August 1975
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:723069Submit Correction
View count: 176
Built as a JRF-5 for the USN in 1942, this Goose was registered N1523V in 1955. In 1958/59 it was converted by Kaman to become the only K-16 tilt-wing experimental aircraft with YT58 turboprops for VTOL/STOL development work. Ground runs were carried out here at Windsor Locks in 1960 and in 1962 it was flown aboard a C-133 to Moffett Field for wind-tunnel tests. After return it was never flown. Given to the museum in 1965, by 1975 it had been restored and had its huge props fitted after 2000, but these have been removed again. The C-124 and C-133 behind were both destroyed in the 1979 tornado.
Registration / Serial:04351
Aircraft Version:Kaman K-16B
C/n (msn):1178
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Windsor Locks - Bradley International (KBDL / BDL)Map
Region / Country:Connecticut, United States
Photo Date:August 1975
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:04351
Military Code:16-B
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman G-21 Goose
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman G-21/38/39 Goose
Aircraft Version:Kaman K-16B
Manufacturers:Grumman / Kaman
C/n (msn):1178
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Windsor Locks - Bradley International (KBDL / BDL)Map
Region / Country:Connecticut, United States
Collection:New England Air Museum
Photo Date:August 1975
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:723069Submit Correction
View count: 176
Built as a JRF-5 for the USN in 1942, this Goose was registered N1523V in 1955. In 1958/59 it was converted by Kaman to become the only K-16 tilt-wing experimental aircraft with YT58 turboprops for VTOL/STOL development work. Ground runs were carried out here at Windsor Locks in 1960 and in 1962 it was flown aboard a C-133 to Moffett Field for wind-tunnel tests. After return it was never flown. Given to the museum in 1965, by 1975 it had been restored and had its huge props fitted after 2000, but these have been removed again. The C-124 and C-133 behind were both destroyed in the 1979 tornado.
Registration / Serial:04351
Aircraft Version:Kaman K-16B
C/n (msn):1178
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Windsor Locks - Bradley International (KBDL / BDL)Map
Region / Country:Connecticut, United States
Photo Date:August 1975
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact