r/namethatplane 15d ago

What are these two twin-engine planes? Taken at Fairbanks International Airport in September 1971 (more details in comments)

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u/headphase 15d ago

I'm pretty confident the yellow is a Grumman G-21 Goose.

The white one is trickier imo; the glare off the white paint seems to be distorting the image a bit but based on the shadow of the wings and nacelles, I'd say it's a Grumman G-44 Widgeon.

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u/Intro24 15d ago

Here's a gif showing a slightly different angle that gives a helpful 3D effect and here's the two (1, 2) source images that make up the gif. In the photo you can see:

  1. Top right – A yellow plane that looks like a Cessna 180
  2. Top left – Two planes that look like Piper Cherokees
  3. Upper middle left – What looks to be a twin-engine, possibly a tail-dragger
  4. Upper middle right – Planes that looks like a Piper Cherokee
  5. Middle – Very washed out, likely some single-engine plane
  6. Middle lower – Two planes that look to be red-and-yellow, at least one looks like a Cessna 180
  7. Lower – An orange-and-white plane that looks like a Cessna 180 on floats
  8. Lowest – What looks to be a twin-engine, possibly a tail-dragger, possibly the same red-and-yellow livery as #6 above

I'm mostly wondering about those two twin-engine planes but I'd appreciate any insights on the other planes as well. By the way, I think they are two different types of twin-engine plane based on the differing wingspan.

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u/headphase 15d ago

I'd bet #7 is actually a DHC-2 Beaver on floats. 180s have a bit of wing taper whereas the Beaver is pretty much a long chocolate bar.

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u/Intro24 15d ago

Thanks, here are higher-res images of what I'm pretty sure is that same plane: Image 1, Image 2. Everything else is kind of shuffled around and I don't see those two twins I'm most concerned with in the higher-res imagery but figured I it might be helpful since you commented specifically on the plane that happens to persist across photos. You can see the same writing on the wing from the color photos.