Grumman JRF-6 Goose N143DF (c/n 1153, served with Royal Navy as FP503 before return to US Navy) had a busy civil career in USA, Japan and Canada. It is seen at Opa Locka, Florida in October 1979 while owned by Grumman amphib specialist Dean Franklin of Miami, hence the "DF" registration suffix. Its flying days came to an end in a 1999 hangar fire at White Horse, Yukon Territory. Photo: Geoff Goodall

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