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Not my YouTube channel but this is the interior of that PBY. It had a yacht conversion. Inside a RCAF PBY Catalina Flying Boat at Oshkosh 2021 |
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Quoted: My father flew in one during WWII, black cats or black panthers squadron 13,I don't remember which, he had a tattoo with a black cat jumping over an orange ball with the number 13 in it on his left arm. He never talked about his service. He was awarded these https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/270939/20190410_095243_jpg-2045312.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/270939/20190410_095309_jpg-2045314.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/270939/20190410_095145_jpg-2045321.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/270939/20190410_095224_jpg-2045323.JPG View Quote Weren't those the guys that hung torpedoes on PBY's or maybe even tried dive-bombing with them? |
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As a kid, I saw a Catalina take-off from Biscayne Bay (Miami). I thought it was the coolest thing I ever saw in my young life. It just screamed ADVENTURE!
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Folks usually name fighters if they had the wherewithal to buy a warbird. A PBY amphibian would actually be my first choice.
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My dad built a scale radio control model of it a long time ago. He loved the PBY
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Quoted: My grandfather flew them and it's bigger brother in the Atlantic during WWII. Here he is in the back center with his crew. Our family's last name under the pilot window. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/28404/seaplane-123998.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/28404/35-124000.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/28404/37-124001.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/28404/38-124002.jpg View Quote |
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Quoted: 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 View Quote |
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Quoted: Weren't those the guys that hung torpedoes on PBY's or maybe even tried dive-bombing with them? View Quote Torpedoes being dropped from PBY Catalina in flight over the sea in Montauk, Long...HD Stock Footage |
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Always loved those things. Any place with enough water is a landing strip.
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Quoted: Always loved those things. Any place with enough water is a landing strip. View Quote Attached File Attached File |
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If I were filthy rich, I would buy a Catalina or one of the other flying boats long before I would buy a Mustang, Spitfire, Corsair, or Mosquito.. The yacht conversion of the Catalina is very cool.
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My grandfather sunk two jap ships with a PBY and bombed china in one
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Apparently my grandfather spent a few days bobbing in the Caribbean in one after it was forced to make an unplanned landing. I’d love to know more about his service.
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I knew a guy 20 years ago that flew PBYs during WW2 in the pacific.
They mostly rescued downed airman or ship's crewmembers. They spotted for subs when they weren't doing that. He didn't really like the plane. We wanted to be a fighter pilot. |
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Quoted: My favorite flying boat. All Aboard the Incredible Flying Yacht https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flyingyacht10.jpeg View Quote Ozzy was in the Navy? |
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If I ever win the lottery, I am buying one of those and cherrying it out. Then I'll fly it everywhere!
It might be cheaper to buy a C130, but there is something about the old ww2 planes. |
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Quoted: My grandfather flew them and it’s bigger brother in the Atlantic during WWII. Here he is in the back center with his crew. Our family’s last name under the pilot window. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/28404/seaplane-123998.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/28404/35-124000.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/28404/37-124001.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/28404/38-124002.jpg View Quote Wow, that is super cool and far less attractive than a PBY |
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Quoted: Apparently my grandfather spent a few days bobbing in the Caribbean in one after it was forced to make an unplanned landing. I’d love to know more about his service. View Quote There's a story I read years ago called "Crew 6". I wish I kept it. A PBY crew gets shot down in the Pacific and gets ashore at some island. They meet up with some guerillas and spend the next three years of the war as jungle fighters. Some of the original crew were killed. They rescued other downed aircrews to join their group. Lived with the islander populations, fought the Japs. One day your a Navy aircrew, the next day you're a foot soldier. The WWII generation was amazing. |
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Quoted: My grandfather flew them and it’s bigger brother in the Atlantic during WWII. Here he is in the back center with his crew. Our family’s last name under the pilot window. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/28404/seaplane-123998.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/28404/35-124000.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/28404/37-124001.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/28404/38-124002.jpg View Quote My grandpa was a PBY aviation ordinanceman and spent most of his time in WWII loading and servicing the Atlantic PBY fleet. May have worked on your grandpa's plane. I still occasionally work in an old PBY hangar located in Seattle at former Sand Point Naval Station. Now they are just used as warehouses for NOAA equipment. |
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They really raised hell with Japanese shipping.
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A PBY picked up the Indianapolis crew in Quints monologue.
still one of the best moments on film |
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Someone on lake cda privately owns one. You can hear it power up for takeoff miles away. It's LOUD.
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There was a Catalina that flew into Clearwater, FL years ago. The interior was set up as a home away from home. Who ever had done that work was a real perfectionist. It looked amazing inside.
The guy that owned it said he and his wife flew it all spring and summer to island getaways. Wish I had pictures of it. |
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A few years ago a guy was selling an all original one with dummy guns and posted a detailed walkthrough video. Tons of detail. The radar pod is cool as hell. Toilet at 3:30
PBY Catalina FOR SALE - WWII All Original - UPDATE 2024 |
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Quoted: 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 View Quote Liberty Aviation Museum |
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My aunt and uncle met each other while working at Consolidated San Diego building PBYs.
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Quoted: 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. View Quote If it’s the one I’m thinking about it is under restoration to airworthiness again. |
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Dutch Harbor 1942, my grandfather on the right.
Attached File He was later a part of the Operation Deep Freeze Antarctic missions…he claimed because he was a good cold weather flyer. |
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Quoted: 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 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: 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 I like the wicker seats. |
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Don't say there is stuff you're going to do. Go do it.
I've always thought that was a neat aircraft. |
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There used to be one at the Kahului airport in the 80’s, until it did a water landing off of Lahaina and sank
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Quoted: Quoted: 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 I like the wicker seats. He did mention flying aboard a Ford Tri Motor. Noted it was LOUD. |
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