Retired and love to travel with Carol, my LOVING Wife of 58+ years.. We love to Geocache while we travel. Our best GeoVacation was; between May 25th, 2011 thru Aug. 4, 2011.. We drove our Pick-up and 5th wheel travel trailer to Alaska. We put on over 11,600 miles to, in, and around Alaska, National Parks of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, Yellowstone NP, and back home to Iowa. We found almost 400 Caches up/back. We even found some Caches "above" the arctic Circle.. (About 200 miles North of Fairbanks, AK.) What a beautiful State Alaska is.. . We would both like to again go to the "Land of the Midnight Sun"..
1967-1969, HU/SU-16 Albatross
From Year 1967
To Year 1969
Personal Memories
I occasionally had to work on the HU-16's while stationed at Wheelus AB, Libya, North Africa.
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HU/SU-16 Albatross Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
General characteristics
* Crew: two, pilot and co-pilot * Capacity: up to 30 passengers * Length: 62 ft 10 in (19.16 m) * Wingspan: 80 ft 0 in (24.4 m) * Height: 25 ft 10 in (7.8m) * Wing area: 883 ft² (82 m²) * Empty weight: 20,000 lb () * Max takeoff weight: 33,000 lb (15,000 kg) * Powerplant: o 2 or 4× 15KS1000 rocket, 1,000 lbf () each o 2× Wright R-1820-76 Cyclone 9 radial engine, 1,425 hp (1,063 kW) each * *Fuel Capacity :1,075 gal plus 2-300 US gal drop tanks (4,000 L plus 1,100 L drop tanks)
Performance
* Maximum speed: 205 knots (236 mph, 380 km/h) * Cruise speed: 130 knots (150 mph, 241 km/h) * Range: 2,477 nm (2,850 mi, 4,587 km) * Service ceiling 21,500 ft (6,553 m) * Additional lift utilizing two or four RATO 15KS1000 units with 15 seconds of solid propellant.