Friday, October 8, 2010

There once...

...was a poem, a man with an Albatross tied around his neck,
I'd repeat it here, but won't, oh, what the heck;
but let's go take a look, at a different kind of bird,
it's an Albatross too, but different, take my word.

It's an amphibious - floats, and wheels to see,
takes off on the water, or land if need be,
or takes off on land, it doesn't matter which,
and can land on either too, so you won't have to ditch.

Back when in the Navy it was a UF-1,
then it was U16, call it either one,
now they're museum pieces, all that long ago stuff,
but there were times, when they couldn't do enough.



Top: A restored Albatross, a museum  exhibit.
Middle: A U S Coast Guard plane taxis for take off on the water.
Bottom: A Coast Guard flight line includes an Albatross.

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