LONE PALM AIRPORT

A lot of people in the street bar

The Lone Palm Airport is Margaritaville’s attraction featuring Jimmy Buffett’s very own seaplane, the Hemisphere Dancer. The 60’ Albatross has landed at the airport next to the lagoon at Margaritaville! The “airport lounge” serves a variety of drinks and quick eats with plenty of comfortable outdoor seating. The parakeet beach area is the perfect place to keep the little ones busy while mom and dad relax with their toes in the sand.


HEMISPHERE DANCER SPECS

Aircraft body with an inscription: Hemisphere dancer
  • Type: Grumman HU-16C aka: Grumman Albatross
  • Manufacturer: Grumman
  • Serial Number: 137928
  • Fuselage Length: 60' 7"
  • Wingspan: 80' 0"
  • Height: 24' 5" (weight dependent)
  • Horizontal Tail Length: 29'0"
  • Wing Area: 883 sq ft
  • Beam: 7' 11"
  • Service Ceiling: 25,000 ft
  • Empty Weight: roughly 20,000 lbs.
  • Max Takeoff Weight (land): 33,000 lbs
  • Max Takeoff Weight (water): 29,500 lbs
  • Max Landing Weight (water & land): 29,500 lbs
  • Internal Fuel Capacity: 1075 gals 
    (internal wing tanks = 675 gal, each float is actually a fuel tank and holds 200 gals)
  • Additional Fuel Capacity: 300 gals per (2) MK12 external drop tanks (150 per tank)
  • Engines: Equipped with (2) Curtiss-Wright R-1820-76 engines. 9 cylinders / supercharged / carbureted with auto mixture control. Each engine produces 1425 HP on 115/145 octane military fuel about 1400 HP on standard 100LL (low lead AV gas) during cruise each engine burns about 50 to 55 gals/hr. At takeoff power each engine is sipping about 110 gal/hr.
  • Props: Hamilton Standard 43D50-3's - 11 ft. diameter
  • Range: Range is highly dependent on airspeed, head/tailwinds, weight, power settings, and altitude, but with the MK8 drop tanks range is around 2800 to 3000 NM.

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