Ooagadougou Burkina Faso 1951

[charles manoras]

Me (10 yrs old) and my little sister.

Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 1951.

What airplane is that?

Some Grummann seaplane?

[Orval Fairbairn]

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"charles manoras" <abcd@wxyz> wrote:

> [Image]

It looks like a Grumman Widgeon, but with engine modifications that I do
not recognize.

[charles manoras]

"Orval Fairbairn" > wrote

> It looks like a Grumman Widgeon, but with engine modifications that I do
> not recognize.

Could these have anything to do with the extremely hot local weather
conditions?

A seaplane operating in the Sahel (or Sub-Sahara) does seem strange. :-)

[Herman]

Well, it is an amphibian and considering that in those days airfields were
not omnipresent the possibility of choice between land and water for landing
could be quite handy.

Regards,
Herman

"charles manoras" <abcd@wxyz> schreef in bericht
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>
> "Orval Fairbairn" > wrote
>
>> It looks like a Grumman Widgeon, but with engine modifications that I do
>> not recognize.
>
> Could these have anything to do with the extremely hot local weather
> conditions?
>
> A seaplane operating in the Sahel (or Sub-Sahara) does seem strange. :-)
>

[charles manoras]

"Herman" > wrote

> Well, it is an amphibian and considering that in those days airfields were
> not omnipresent the possibility of choice between land and water for
> landing could be quite handy.

Sure, except that inland there is hardly for most of the year a puddle large
enough for a small duck. I am talking about an area many millions of square
kilometers, the Sahel and the southern confines of the Sahara desert.

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Was't Burkina Faso called Upper Volta at this time?

Brian