The Grumman G73 Mallard was the third
amphibian passenger
aircraft built by Grumman, following on the success of the
Goose and Widgeon.
The larger Mallard was designed for
commercial operation and retained many of the features of
its smaller predecessors including twin radials, high wings
with underwing floats and retractable fuselage mounted
undercarriage.
The Mallard prototype
first flew in April 1946, and entered
commercial service in September of that year. While it was
intended for regional airline operations, with two pilots and
10 passengers, post-war surplus aircraft sales and the
availability of smaller airports limited market potential.
The aircraft was in production
from 1946 to 1951, with 59
examples produced. Production ended when the much
larger HU-16 Albatross was introduced at Grumman.
This CD contains the
flight manual and service manuals for
the Mallard plus two other descriptive documents, has been
scanned from the original flight manuals and retains any
colour pages, except where stated.
This CD contains:
1. Grumman
CAA Approved Flight Manual for the Grumman
Model G-73 Mallard. Dated 15/11/47, revised to 18//5/50
(which introduced a number of duplicated pages for
aircraft with S1H1 engines), with approx 86 pages.
2. Grumman Service
Manual for the Model G-73 Mallard,
dated 1/8/51 with approx 308 pages. (Scanned from
a
photocopy.)
3. Grumman
Outline Specification, Report No A-220B dated
1/2/48 covering the Model G-73 Mallard. Contains 13 pages,
2 drawings plus six original 8 x 10 photographs.
4. Small
Descriptive brochure for the Grumman Mallard,
produced by sales firm William G Wold to advertise
second
hand examples. Four pages dated 10-56.
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