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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:09:34 PM EST
Has anyone here been up in one? This is something I will do.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:12:21 PM EST
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I was watching X Men Apocalypse last night and they had a fantasy CGI aircraft in it that looked a bit like a jet powered Catalina.
Haven't seen one in years. One of my all time favorite aircraft. Always looked like an engraved invitation to adventure for me. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:12:24 PM EST
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I saw one taxi on a runway a few years back. Bitch has a huge wing.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:12:31 PM EST
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Thanks for that. Super interesting planes
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:13:19 PM EST
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Strawberry 5?
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:13:50 PM EST
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In Alaska. “Blue Goose.”
Bay was so choppy waves were over the windows. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:16:12 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Strawberry 5? That one single aircraft caused the Japs a lot of pain, didn't it. 
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:16:49 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Strawberry 5? |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:17:28 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That one single aircraft caused the Japs a lot of pain, didn't it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Strawberry 5? That one single aircraft caused the Japs a lot of pain, didn't it. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:19:42 PM EST
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From what little I know I think the PBY was an unsung hero of the Pacific Campaign in WWII. Especially early on. How many battles were significantly aided by PBY sightings? My recent readings show how huge a factor both Japanese and US floatplanes played during the campaign. Going out to spot a carrier task force knowing that if you were discovered it was over, as you had little chance to evade enemy fighters if you were spotted. That takes balls!
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:20:40 PM EST
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I was in one two weeks ago at the Oshkosh airshow.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:20:47 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: From what little I know I think the PBY was an unsung hero of the Pacific Campaign in WWII. Especially early on. How many battles were significantly aided by PBY sightings? My recent readings show how huge a factor both Japanese and US floatplanes played during the campaign. Going out to spot a carrier task force knowing that if you were discovered it was over, as you had little chance to evade enemy fighters if you were spotted. That takes balls! |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:21:14 PM EST
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There was one in a small az town sitting next to the fence on edge of little airports runway couple years ago. I pulled over took a look. Looked like it landed there and they just parked it years ago. I imagine it needed a lot of work to be air worthy.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:21:44 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was in one two weeks ago at the Oshkosh airshow.  |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:24:01 PM EST
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:24:45 PM EST
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The Aleutian campaign would have been nothing without the PBY. And those pilots often flew in impossible conditions.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:26:58 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My favorite flying boat. All Aboard the Incredible Flying Yacht https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flyingyacht10.jpeg Awesome photo. I almost missed the bathing beauties sunning themselves on the wing. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:29:13 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Aleutian campaign would have been nothing without the PBY. And those pilots often flew in impossible conditions.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:29:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That one single aircraft caused the Japs a lot of pain, didn't it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Strawberry 5? That one single aircraft caused the Japs a lot of pain, didn't it. One guy understood. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:29:20 PM EST
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Not a Catalina but my Dad was a waist gunner on a PB4Y2 in WW II.
They put a hurting on the Japanese.   Attached File |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:32:59 PM EST
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Quote HistoryWow those pictures, I can't imagine |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:34:10 PM EST
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:36:22 PM EST
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:37:43 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not a pby. But who can guess what plane this is? Should be an easy one. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/327887/DSCN3748_JPG-2045299.JPG |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:37:54 PM EST
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Journey To Royal is free for streaming on Amazon Prime, about a PBY rescue mission in the Pacific.
Kharn |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:38:43 PM EST
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My dad had a good friend who had a few of them for forest fires. When the forest service grounded the, all he sold all of them except one. He gave us quite a few rides in them. He had converted his over to a super cats, which were better for the use he used them for. The one he kept, he restored all back to original, flew it a couple times and now it sits in a hanger.
Found these of it stored on the tarmac at Moses Lake  
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:38:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Journey To Royal is free for streaming on Amazon Prime, about a PBY rescue mission in the Pacific. Kharn |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:40:26 PM EST
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There's a really well done cut away display of a PBY at the Naval Aviation Museum in NAS Pensacola.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:43:20 PM EST
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:43:28 PM EST
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Not great because of the cheap camera I had at the time but this was at the Great Georgia Airshow in 2006.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:44:25 PM EST
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Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8)
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:46:07 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Awesome photo. I almost missed the bathing beauties sunning themselves on the wing.  
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:47:21 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My favorite flying boat. All Aboard the Incredible Flying Yacht https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flyingyacht10.jpeg EXCELLENT LINK! I had never seen that nor heard the story... excellent photos and subject matter (the aircraft pics are nice too) |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:48:40 PM EST
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 Attached FileThey were in the process of restoring one when I was up at a different hanger. Cool plane! |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:48:55 PM EST
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They really are beautiful aircraft.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:51:56 PM EST
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I want to ride in the FE position.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:55:05 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ford Tri motor? Yep. Fun airplane to fly. Like a giant Cadillac of the sky.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:57:28 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep. Fun airplane to fly. Like a giant Cadillac of the sky. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/327887/DSCN3742_JPG-2045345.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/327887/DSCN3750_JPG-2045347.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Ford Tri motor? Yep. Fun airplane to fly. Like a giant Cadillac of the sky. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/327887/DSCN3742_JPG-2045345.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/327887/DSCN3750_JPG-2045347.JPG  |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:00:47 PM EST
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probably my favorite plane of all time
The flight engineer's position always amuses me. Must be the strangest aircraft crew position I've ever seen. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:02:22 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My favorite flying boat. All Aboard the Incredible Flying Yacht https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flyingyacht10.jpeg The whole story is sorta suspect after reading this part about the guys shooting at the plane from 3/4 mile away:  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:02:26 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There was one in a small az town sitting next to the fence on edge of little airports runway couple years ago. I pulled over took a look. Looked like it landed there and they just parked it years ago. I imagine it needed a lot of work to be air worthy. You must be talking about Buckeye. I drove by, surprised that there even was an airstrip there, and could not believe I was looking at a couple of seaplanes in the middle of the desert. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:06:20 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My favorite flying boat. All Aboard the Incredible Flying Yacht https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flyingyacht10.jpeg Polka dots. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:06:41 PM EST
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Wasn't it Dirk Pitt's plane of choice?
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:06:52 PM EST
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Last time I visited Whidbey Island to visit a friend working on the Prowlers up there, there was a PBY sitting on a hill on the way to the base beach. I wish I'd have had time to stop and look at it. I hope it isn't just going to be left there forever to rot away.
If I ran a Naval Air Station I'd send the new mechanics (and some of the new pilots to build a rapport with the mechanics who work on their birds) to work on that PBY to build comradery and educate them on their Naval history. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:08:25 PM EST
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Tri-Motor? Since there aren't many flying, I may have ridden in that one twice.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:09:11 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There was one in a small az town sitting next to the fence on edge of little airports runway couple years ago. I pulled over took a look. Looked like it landed there and they just parked it years ago. I imagine it needed a lot of work to be air worthy. Probably Buckeye Municipal, there is a small air museum there, and there used to be a PBY5A that looked like it'd been wrapped in tinfoil under one of the Tee Shelters to the north of the ramp. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:12:00 PM EST
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My grandfather flew them in the Aleutians in WWII.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:13:54 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My grandfather flew them in the Aleutians in WWII. Stud. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:14:23 PM EST
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Thanks, I enjoyed the video.
Pretty cool how the floats retracted to become aerodynamic wing tips. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:14:38 PM EST
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There used to be one on static display at Chanute AFB years ago. They found a guy living in it.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:15:57 PM EST
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The Canadians flew pby's out of Vancouver island for fire fighting and marine patrol unit a few years ago. Amazing legacy.
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