Travel Bug Dog Tag USCG HU16E

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Owner:
Wee Willy Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Monday, April 4, 2005
Origin:
Texas, United States
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In JEZISI KRISTE!!!

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Travel from cache to cache without being snatched up by a collector of stuff.

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HU16E

My buddy Hikeaday served 30 years in the USCG and flew many of hours and miles in the HU16E amphibious aircraft.  He flew in them from and maintained them at numerous Coast Air Stations including; CGAS Port Angeles, Washington,  CGAS Annette Island, Alaska,  CGAS San Franscisco, Calif., CGAS Cape Cod, Mass.,  CGAS Barbers Point, Hawaii, and  CGAS Brooklyn, NY.

The Grumman HU-16 Albatross is a large twin engine amphibious flying boat that was utilized by the U.S. Coast Guard, primarily as a search and rescue aircraft.  It carried a crew of four normally.  Flew at about 125 miles an hour with a range of around 2,850 miles.  Doing the math, that's about 23 hours flight time.

Between 1941 and 1961 466 Grumman HU-16 Albatross aircraft were produced.  Their first appearance in the Coast Guard was in the early 1950's and the last flight of a Coast Guard HU-16E was at Cape Cod in March of 1983.  For much more detailed information, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross 



 
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Tracking History (47992.4mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 7/23/2010 nnitzky retrieved it from Anchorage - Big Wild Life Alaska   Visit Log

Will be moving along to the opposite climate in sunny, hot Phoenix.
Dropped Off 7/21/2010 GeologyBarbie placed it in Anchorage - Big Wild Life Alaska - 3.48 miles  Visit Log
  • GeologyBarbie with Crocs downtown Anchorage
  • jumping over a tall building
  • near the visitor center cache
  • Here I go to another cache
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/14/2010 GeologyBarbie retrieved it from Turn! Alaska   Visit Log

I thought this travel bug looked familiar. I had found this in Arlington about 3 months ago, and placed in Ft. Worth near the tall buildings. We'll I am in Eagle River, AK visiting my brother and low and behold grabbed this out of a cache about a mile from his house. Talk about weird. The funny thing is there are no tall buildings in Eagle River, it is a little mountain town. Maybe I'll try to take it down to Anchorage and take some pics of it near the tall buildings. Then I'll try to decide where for it to go next.

Dropped Off 4/25/2010 cavyguy placed it in Turn! Alaska - 16.51 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/24/2010 cavyguy retrieved it from OH2AK Alaska   Visit Log

will move along soon!!!
Dropped Off 4/24/2010 Capra Hircus placed it in OH2AK Alaska - 4.23 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/16/2010 Capra Hircus retrieved it from EarthCaching FUNdamentals - ANC Alaska   Visit Log

Grabbed at an event. I'll have to think about where to send this little puppy.
Dropped Off 4/15/2010 AKRaptors placed it in EarthCaching FUNdamentals - ANC Alaska - 3,035.72 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 4/5/2010 Bishop -D- discovered it   Visit Log

AKRaptors brought it in for me to see.
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/3/2010 AKRaptors retrieved it from orange crush it's not (from propagation) Texas   Visit Log

Found this guy while on a business trip to Fort Worth. We'll move him on to the great state of Alaska next. We'll see if we can't get some pics along the way.
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