Open Navigation Contact Us Join The Mailing List Margaritaville.com Lone Palm LONE PALM AIRPORT 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 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. VIEW LONE PALM MENU OPEN LONE PALM MENU IN PDF Destinations Margaritaville Restaurants ATLANTA - COMING SOON ATLANTIC CITY BAHAMAS BILOXI BOSTON - COMING SOON CHICAGO CLEVELAND COZUMEL DESTIN FALMOUTH GRAND CAYMAN GRAND TURK HOLLYWOOD, CA HOLLYWOOD BEACH KEY WEST LAS VEGAS MALL OF AMERICA MIAMI BAYSIDE - COMING SOON MONTEGO BAY MYRTLE BEACH NASHVILLE NEGRIL NIAGARA FALLS OCHO RIOS ORLANDO PANAMA CITY BEACH PIGEON FORGE SAN ANTONIO SYRACUSE TIMES SQUARE TULSA LandShark Bar & Grill ATLANTIC CITY BRANSON LAKE CONROE DAYTONA BEACH GATLINBURG HOLLYWOOD BEACH JACKSONVILLE BEACH LAKE LANIER LAKE OF THE OZARKS MAURITIUS MIAMI BAYSIDE MYRTLE BEACH NORTH MYRTLE BEACH PENSACOLA SAN ANTONIO TIMES SQUARE RIVER SPIRIT TULSA Hotels & Resorts COMPASS HOTEL ANNA MARIA SOUND MARGARITAVILLE BEACH HOTEL JACKSONVILLE BEACH MARGARITAVILLE BEACH HOTEL PENSACOLA MARGARITAVILLE BEACH RESORT COSTA RICA MARGARITAVILLE BEACH RESORT NASSAU MARGARITAVILLE BOSSIER CITY RESORT CASINO MARGARITAVILLE HOLLYWOOD BEACH RESORT MARGARITAVILLE HOTEL NASHVILLE MARGARITAVILLE ISLAND HOTEL PIGEON FORGE MARGARITAVILLE ISLAND INN PIGEON FORGE MARGARITAVILLE ISLAND RESERVE RIVIERA CANCÚN MARGARITAVILLE LAKE RESORT LAKE CONROE MARGARITAVILLE RESORT BILOXI MARGARITAVILLE RESORT GATLINBURG MARGARITAVILLE RESORT LAKE OF THE OZARKS MARGARITAVILLE RESORT ORLANDO MARGARITAVILLE RESORT PALM SPRINGS MARGARITAVILLE RESORT TIMES SQUARE COMPASS HOTEL BEAUFORT - COMING SOON COMPASS MEDFORD - COMING SOON MARGARITAVILLE BEACH HOUSE KEY WEST - COMING SOON MARGARITAVILLE BEACH VILLA RESORT BELIZE - COMING SOON MARGARITAVILLE HOTEL SAN DIEGO GASLAMP QUARTER - COMING SOON MARGARITAVILLE ISLAND RESERVE RIVIERA CAP CANA - COMING SOON MARGARITAVILLE ISLAND RESERVE RIVIERA MAYA - COMING SOON MARGARITAVILLE RESORT FORT MYERS BEACH - COMING SOON MARGARITAVILLE ISLAND RESORT SAN DIEGO - COMING SOON MARGARITAVILLE RESORT PANAMA CITY BEACH - COMING SOON Vacation Club MARGARITAVILLE VACATION CLUB - ST. THOMAS MARGARITAVILLE VACATION CLUB - PUERTO RICO Casinos BOSSIER CITY RESORT CASINO TULSA CASINO Margaritaville MARGARITAVILLE.COM MAILING LIST BLOG FACEBOOK TWITTER INSTAGRAM YOUTUBE Air Margaritaville AIR MARGARITAVILLE CANCÚN AIR MARGARITAVILLE DETROIT AIR MARGARITAVILLE MIAMI AIR MARGARITAVILLE JAMAICA AIR MARGARITAVILLE FORT LAUDERDALE AIR MARGARITAVILLE PANAMA CITY AIR MARGARITAVILLE SAN JUAN AIR MARGARITAVILLE SAN PAULO 5 o'Clock Somewhere Bar BILOXI, MS TULSA, OK RIO GRANDE, PUERTO RICO GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA ARUBA HOLLYWOOD BEACH, FL ATLANTIC CITY TIMES SQUARE HOURS & DIRECTIONS EVENTS MAILING LIST PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF USE CAREERS MARGARITAVILLE.COM BLOG © MARGARITAVILLE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. HAVE TROUBLE SEEING YES NO This site uses cookies to assist with navigation, provide secure login, remember your preferences, analyze your use of our products and services, collect statistics to optimize site functionality and provide content from third parties. Privacy policy Cookie settings Accept