SPECIFICATIONS The Consolidated PBY 5A General Data Aircraft Manufacturer – Consolidated Aircraft Corporation founded in 1923 by Reuben Hollis Fleetin East Greenwich, Rhode Island would manufacture Isaac Machlin Laddon revolutionary designed PBY in: Buffalo New York, USA Norfolk Virginia, USA New Orleans Philadelphia San Diego California USA and Manufactured Under License in: […]
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Today, the last great seaplane. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. Suppose you were asked to name the airplane you find most beautiful. That question's a lot less interesting today than it would've been fifty years ago. Nowadays, how many of us can tell two jet airplanes apart? Airplanes were far more fun when we were still casting about, trying to decide what form was best.
The Consolidated PBY Catalina was a twin engine military reconnaissance flying boat. Widely used in World War Two.
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US Navy Atlantic, VP-73, early 1942, Skerijafjordur FAB, Reykjavik, Iceland. This aircraft and crew was credited with sinking U-464 on Aug. 20, 1942. The same aircraft was credited with a total of 3 U-boats sunk and 4 damaged during WWII making it the highest scoring allied patrol/bomber involved with convoy escort/ sub patrols.
My father's plane during WWII
This was a real PBY Catalina that was cutaway to show interior crew stations. This cut away was used as a teaching aid to train WWII PBY crewmen at NAS Pensacola.
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