| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N86638 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman G-44 Widgeon |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman G-44 Widgeon (J4F) |
| Aircraft Version: | McDermott G-44 Super Widgeon |
| C/n (msn): | 1464 |
| Location | |
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| City / Seaplane Base: | Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip / SeaplaneMap |
| Region / Country: | Alaska, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: PALH IATA: - Local: LHD Other: - |
| Photo Date: | July 1990 |
| Photo by: | David A. Montgomery |
| Photo ID: | 871937 |
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Built in 1946. Registered to the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp as NC86638. In 1948 became N86638 with the Union Oil Co of California. Upgraded to a McDermott Super Widgeon in 1955, with Continental O-470B engines fitted. Operated by a succession of private owners from the end of1975. Initially in Florida, moved to Alaska in 1976 and remained registered in Anchorage until August 1990, when it returned to Florida in the ownership of Chester M. Lawson of Port Orange. Transferred to Waterwings Seaplanes of Hoover, Alabama in 2019. This photo is copyright © David A. Montgomery, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 27 November 2025, and has since been viewed 58 times. |