The Return of the Catalina.
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Alk8944
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Very interesting, and amazing. The next few years will reveal how this project "flies".
Pun very much intended.
My question is do they have all the original Consolidated engineering data and drawings, or just the ATC? There are definitely places in the world a new version of the Catalina would be welcomed!
Pun very much intended.My question is do they have all the original Consolidated engineering data and drawings, or just the ATC? There are definitely places in the world a new version of the Catalina would be welcomed!
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Goodness!! I was expecting a 421, tri carbs, and a 4 speed.
Aw, man, I thought Pontiac was coming back. 
LVSteve
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I've seen other articles on this, including the aircraft the Japanese already have that may be a better bet.
Reviving The PBY Catalina For Modern Warfare Is This Company'''s Goal
U.S. Air Force Trains With Japan's US-2 Flying Boat As It Looks Forward To Its Own Amphibious Plane
Check out the short land and take-off videos of the US-2. Little short of amazing.
Reviving The PBY Catalina For Modern Warfare Is This Company'''s Goal
U.S. Air Force Trains With Japan's US-2 Flying Boat As It Looks Forward To Its Own Amphibious Plane
Check out the short land and take-off videos of the US-2. Little short of amazing.
My late father-in-law was a starboard waist gunner on a PBY. They flew anti-submarine patrols from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station during the war, ranging far out over the Pacific with depth charges under their wings.
Back in 1989, we went to the National Warplane Museum's airshow in Geneseo, New York, and it was the first time since the war he'd see a Cat fly. We later got to go on board and move through the airplane...what a great experience!
I'm glad to see the Catalina back in production...
Back in 1989, we went to the National Warplane Museum's airshow in Geneseo, New York, and it was the first time since the war he'd see a Cat fly. We later got to go on board and move through the airplane...what a great experience!
I'm glad to see the Catalina back in production...
Me too, the OP got my hopes up.
Such a versatile design, it's hard to see how they ever went out of fashion.
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That's cool
Now all I've got to do is win that d$&# lottery ...
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That's what my folks 66 Bonneville they special ordered in 1966 had.
Either way would work for me...Here's a pic of my Dad (Army) with a navy PBY on Attu during WWII...
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My exact thought too, but mine was a 66 Bonneville. Only it was a little 389.
DWalt
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Back in my old Ohio hometown when I was a kid, we had a neighbor who had a PBY fuselage in his back yard. We used to play in it. Relatively complete inside but no wings or engines. No idea where and how he got it, or what happened to it. For all I know it might still be there, although that is very doubtful.
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And I was expecting a thread about salad dressing.
Fortunately, this one is much more interesting.
Me three!
Yes, now that's what I'm talking about right there. Just downright cool. Brings back memories.
Lee in Quartzsite
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I had the privilege of serving in one of the Navy's last seaplane squadrons from 1963-1966. I flew with Crew 1 on a P5M (SP5B) as an Antisubmarine Technician. VP-48 was stationed at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego. We also operated of Sangley Point, Philippines and Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. The plane was armed with 4 M-60 machine guns, 8 air to surface rockets, and parachute flares. While operating off Vietnam I manned the starboard M-60 . There were also two other seaplane squadrons that flew out of Cam Ranh Bay.
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