Ahhh N444M! I can still recall a dreadful day at school in 1981, grotty weather, never a hope for a keen enthusiast to see an interesting aeroplane during breaktime... is that the noise of pistons? Indeed it was, and a Grumman Widgeon hove into view... briefly... before disappearing into the murk. I'd never seen one in the flesh (except for Airfix's little kit) so it was a great delight.
Not so for the pilot, who half an hour or so later force landed on a reservoir (Bough Beach or Bewl Water?) in deteriorating weather (!), struck something solid and foundered. A few days later I came across the Widgeon drip-drying and looking sorry for itself in the Surrey Aviation hangar at Biggin!
Sorry to hear she's gone back to America, used to love seeing her flying around. And those two Geese that appeared at Legends... are they still here?
Ooops, sorry, back to Miles...