Manx Air on Instagram: "Just 39 seconds of low altitude radial engine therapy. Thank you. . The Grumman Albatross was powered by two Wright R-1820-76A Cyclone radial engines, each a 9-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled design producing about 1,425 horsepower. This was the same engine family used on aircraft as diverse as the Douglas DC-3 and the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, giving the Albatross a direct lineage to WWII aviation. Because they were single-row radials (not the massive double-row radi

Manx Air on Instagram: "The Grumman HU-16 Albatross was a large twin-radial amphibious aircraft primarily used by the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, and several foreign operators from the late 1940s through the 1970s. Its main mission was long-range search and rescue (SAR), especially open-ocean rescues that smaller aircraft or helicopters couldn’t reach. During the Korean War and early Vietnam War, HU-16s rescued hundreds of downed pilots. They were often escorted by fighters or covered by