Goodyear gave a Goodyear Duck NX 5502 to the KSU aviation program in 1953. I don't know what happened to it, but it was fun to play in at the "shop" when I was a kid. My dad came to teach in the aviation program at KSU in 1953 when Alan S. Paton was head of the program. His son Bill sent me an article on it. I would appreciate knowing if the Duck at MAPS Air Museum is still there. Here is the image of the KSU Duck: IMG_3570.jpeg
Peder Otterson, e-mail, 17.12.2016 19:06
Goodyear gave a Goodyear Duck NX 5502 to the KSU aviation program in 1953. I don't know what happened to it, but it was fun to play in at the "shop" when I was a kid. My dad came to teach in the aviation program at KSU in 1953 when Alan S. Paton was head of the program. His son Bill sent me an article on it. I would appreciate knowing if the Duck at MAPS Air Museum is still there. Here is the image of the KSU Duck: IMG_3570.jpeg
Larry Ulm, e-mail, 30.09.2014 01:29
I found an artist rendition of your Dad handing down the tool box to my Dad!!! I'll try to send it to you!
willis E. Vanderberg, e-mail, 28.02.2013 19:01
There was a Duck at Austin Lake airport and sea plane base near Kalamazoo Michigan. I last saw in in a hanger about 1944. It was just sitting and wasn't in license.
Dan Cook, e-mail, 27.08.2012 02:23
They also omitted and mention of the Gizmo, a one man helicopter that was built in the GAC Engineering Shop in Plant C. I made several parts for them.
Ken Olinger Jr., e-mail, 31.07.2012 02:52
Hi all, I am currently working on restoring a Goodyear Drake (NC5516M) at the MAPS Air Museum in Green,Ohio. We are looking for any of the schematics,electrical,hydraulic etc. for this plane. My dad spent many an hour working on the Ducks and Drakes as a mechanic in flight operations at Goodyear and I am proud to be the second generation to work on this plane.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of drawing schematics can contact me or the MAPS AIR MUSEUM in Green,Ohio. We're looking forward to getting it running again! With your help, We can do it!
Wayne, e-mail, 14.03.2012 05:30
Julie: I am the crew chief on the Goodyear Drake that we are restoring at MAPS Air Museum at Akron-Canton airport. The Drake is the plane Goodyear built after the Ducks. We are restoring it to its original conditional condition. We have the original log books.
I would like to talk to you about the Ducks because it was my understanding that they were all destroyed. I have a history of all the Ducks and Drakes built. Could you frunish the N numbers on the ones you have. It would be nice to have a Duck and a Drake displayed together in a museum for all to enjoy. I would be very interest in hearing from any one with an interest in these historic airplanes and I invite you to visit MAPS on line mapsairmuseum.org or in person. Wayne Noall waynejay@aol.com
Carl Bergsneider, e-mail, 13.12.2011 00:11
The Goodyear Drake is currently under cosmetic restoration at the MAPS Air Museum in Green, OH. Current photos are available at mapsairmuseum.org.
RICHARD SMITH, e-mail, 10.07.2011 16:05
THANKS FOR THE INFO.
deaftom, e-mail, 04.04.2011 21:43
Julie, if you listed them in Trade-a-Plane magazine, I feel fairly certain you could find some buyers for them. I'd make a bid myself if I had the money (alas!).
julie forward, e-mail, 22.03.2011 06:21
My grandfather has 4 of these goodyear ducks in his garage. They are all taken apart so they could fit and he has one engine for them. He bought them from his friend a long time ago. They are blue and yellow and i use to play on them as a child..just not too sure what we should do with them..
John E. Malene, e-mail, 20.02.2011 06:02
The Goodyear GA-2 Duck, N5505M was assigned to the Goodyear Wingfoot Fliers, a company flying club when I became a member in 1954. Got checked out in N5505M on 6-29-58, & flew it numerous times. Never got the water rating, but club operator used to take me for water T/O & L on Wingfoot Lake just east of the Akron airport. The GA-22A Drake was a much better aircraft with 4 seats & larger engine, but was never assigned to the club, so I never got a ride in it. Chief test pilot, Richard Uhlm, was the sole operator & used it mostly for demo flights. The company donated the Drake to EAA in 1966 & I never heard anything about it since.
R. Rooman, e-mail, 20.01.2011 13:30
I lived in Montgomery N.Y. in 1938. In the main hangar was a plane called a Good Year Duck. It belonged to Strook Factory in Newburgh. It was a side by side open cockpit, with what I thought was a "tractor" thrust engine. Could have been a pusher. Lee Lord was it's pilot.
Dan Cook, e-mail, 02.07.2010 01:44
Goodyear also built Rigid Airships and Blimps. Why were these overlooked in you virtual "AIRCRAFT" Museum. The flew in the air and they were passenger carrying craft.
Dan Cook, e-mail, 02.07.2010 01:31
I worked at Wingfoot Lake, West of Goodyear Aerospace's Main Akron Plant. Four of these planes were parked in the filed just north of our shop, Ducks and Drakes. One day a truck pulled up with a crew of men and they began to cut all of them up into scrap metal and haul it away. It was sad to watch. It was my understanding that they were very popular in the Canadian Lake districts.
Bill Burton, Goodyear ret., e-mail, 27.03.2010 21:24
As a member of the Goodyear glying club, I had access to this plane in the late 1950's I am curious that you omit the better 4-place Goodyear Drake which was also in the Goodyear hangar at that time.
