May 26, 2014 · Flight training PBY Catalina N9767 (FFWM) 2014 Video: Marc Tauran. PBY Crew: Philippe Jay, Yves Cartilier. Alain Bosc, Williams Grac NB: many comments on the music...

The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina (US Navy designation), is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated Aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. In US Army service it was designated the OA-10, in Canadian service as the Canso and it later received the NATO reporting name Mop. [4]

To put the cherry on top of my first airshow outside of the UK, I treated myself to a flight in a stunning PBY-5A Catalina flying boat. The flight was approx...

PBY Catalina Survivors identifies Catalinas on display, and includes aircraft designations, status, serial numbers, locations and additional information. The Consolidated PBY Catalina was a twin-engined American flying boat of the 1930s and 1940s, designed by Consolidated Aircraft Co.

Dec 12, 2012 · The answer would probably be, yes, you could fly a PBY by yourself, although you wouldn't want to - and you couldn't fight in one; no radio operator, navigator, gunners etc. Avro Lancasters had single pilot stations, but they also had a flight engineer who sat next to the pilot; its predeccessor the Manchester was the first RAF bomber with one ...

On July 25, 2023, the company announced that it was planning to start production on brand-new Catalinas outfitted with modern turboprop engines and cockpit displays. Aviation machinists …

Apr 8, 2022 · I had the opportunity to book a flight for 30 minutes on this vintage World War II bird called the PBY Catalina, I enjoy every minute of that flight well worth $350 and I highly recommend it.

The List of WWII and post WWII Countries and their Air Forces that have operated the Consolidated PBY Catalina: XP3Y-1 First Flight – March 15, 1935 from Hampton Road Virginia, USA. Longest Military Flight – Coco Solo Naval Air Station Panama Canal to San Francisco, California a distance of 3,281 nm.

Mar 5, 2007 · In most flying boats the wingtip floats are fixed in the down position. The enormous Catalina wing is mounted on a central pylon to raise the engines and propellers well above the water. Twin...

From spotting the German battleship Bismarck, to locating the Japanese fleet off Midway, to its vital roles in air-sea rescue and sinking enemy submarines, the PBY was the war’s most successful flying boat.