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Plane
Boat "Cosmic Muffin"
Fort Lauderdale River Walk
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Fort
Lauderdale, FL, USA
The one of a kind Plane Boat "Cosmic Muffin" was on
display at River Walk in Fort Lauderdale 5/4-6/2001. This unique
vessel is a late '30's Boeing 307 Stratoliner joined to a planing
boat hull.
Once
owned by Howard Hughes as one of the first executive planes, the
Stratoliner was damaged in a 1964 hurricane ending it's flying
days. A new owner trucked the plane body to Fort Lauderdale where
he launched the Plane Boat in 1974. The fully restored and
functional boat planed at over 20 knots and was controlled from
the main cockpit using the original flight controls.
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Muffin" came to the attention of Jimmy Buffett and was
written into his first novel, "Where is Joe Merchant?"
and also the song, Desdemona's Building A Rocketship". The
present owner of "Cosmic Muffin" is Dave Drimmer who
exhibits the boat free to the public and sells T-shirts to support
his endeavor. He is also actively seeking additional corporate
sponsorship and charters for his original craft. See the contact
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Plane
Boats, Inc.
Dave Drimmer
P.O. Box 7245
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33338
954-462-8676 |
Photo by Bob
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