The Airways Collection
Shot on the Albatross
Phone-camera moments from the cabin, the wing and the water: the Airways collection where it was made to be worn.
Shot on film aboard the Albatross
A day on the water with the HU-16: rugbys in the doorway, sweaters on the wing and tees on the tail.
Same spirit, different altitude. Follow the Albatross the long way round: from the California coast to desert water, across the Atlantic and down to an Italian lake.
A Grumman HU-16 Albatross rolls out: a boat-shaped hull for lakes and oceans, landing gear for the runway. Decades later it flies with Meyers Manx.
Buggies gathered beneath the Albatross wing. Yellow tail against a blue sky: one built for the sand, one for the water, parked side by side.
Rock, water, sky. The Albatross runs low over the reservoir, banking above desert walls and throwing a bright wake behind its hull.
The long way round. A pause on the ramp in Greenland, the ice sheet through the porthole, and the part of the trip where getting there is the whole point.
After the long crossing, a flying boat does what it was built to do: lands on the lake, below green hills and a shoreline of villas, and stays a while.
The Airways collection is cut for the trip: flight jackets, pilot shirts, HU-16 tees and hats. Pack light.
