Jimmy Buffett donates two airplanes to Battleship Memorial Park

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Crimea_River said:
Huh. I didn't know he had those. Glad they have found a good home.
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When I was skydiving we played Buffett tunes on the drop zone almost nonstop. Great tunes, great vibe. He also owned a HU-16 Albatross that now sits at one of his restaurants.
 
rob23 said:
When I was skydiving we played Buffett tunes on the drop zone almost nonstop. Great tunes, great vibe. He also owned a HU-16 Albatross that now sits at one of his restaurants.
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He crashed his Grumman Widgeon in 1994 - dug a wingtip and the nose into a wave on takeoff in Nantucket, flipping it onto its back. Thanks to Naval survival training (required for a flight in an F-14 that Jimmy took), Jimmy swam out relatively uninjured.
He traded his '98 Cessna Caravan floatplane in for a '09 in 09.

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Buffett has also owned these airplanes in the past:
Jimmy was type-rated in all of them as pilot, as well as Cessna Citation 500-series jets.
 
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