My late Father was an R.C.A.F. electrical corparal during WW 2 based out of Newfoundland. Many people don't know that Newfoundland(Newfunland) was still part of England then. The electrics and salt water didn't agree much so they often flew sorties with the regular crew which would be hunting German submarines. They often got shot at from surfaced subs and sometimes got hit but if they found one on the surface charging batteries and not ready to dive, they had them for sure!
@ripflip1112 Yes, this is the same aircraft. The pontoons rotate 90 degrees and when not required (e.g. for land based takeoffs) the pontoon actually forms the end of the wing.
Beautiful! It's great seeing one take off and land on water. At the Military Aviation Museum here in Virginia Beach, Virginia, we only operate ours on land. The wing floats' mechanism works perfectly fine. Just a fine point, but the faired over nose just looks odd when you're used to seeing one with the nose turret as they were built originally. IMO, the PBYs with the eyeball turret looked the best.
My late friend, Galen Vincent or Gus as we called him owned that airplane, N9521C for about 3 three years. He bought it up in Seattle at a Marshall's auction. Ended up getting right engine swapped out, and the blue and white paint scheme applied. I got on his crew in 1991-1993. Gus parked the plane out by the old redwood built WWII aircraft hangar in Santa Rosa, CA where I worked at Redwood Aviation. Two brothers on the crew removed the Clipper nose and reconfigured it to accept the turret. Gus was working on rebuilding a .30 caliber to put back in the nose where after putting bomb racks back into the wing inside and rig up a release mechanism to drop dummy bombs that he bought surplus from California Airframe in Oakland, CA (they had a lot of parts for these birds back then) we were going to fly out over the ocean off the Sonoma coast and go blasting but that never materialized. Then in 1993 when Gus was in the process of selling the plane the shop I now worked for at Aerocrafter's Inc. was installing the blisters. Plane ended up being sold to a gentleman from Italy, and another partner. Plane ended up flying to Italy months later. We had a lot of fun flying to airshows flying in left or right seats. and or going up front and taking off the top turret cover and poking our head up into the slipstream with goggles on. Lake landing only. No saltwater.
@@831BeachBum Thank you for the info. It doesn't have wing racks on it now. I forget where we obtained the eyeball turret from. It doesn't have .30 caliber machine guns in it yet. I don't know the status of the guns for the blisters. It's been repainted once by an outfit in Canada. It's still a great flyer.
The PBY-5A Catalina piloted by Lt. Adrian Marks played a starring role in rescuing survivors of the USS Indianapolis at the end of World War II. It rescued 56 men (IN HARM'S WAY (2001) by Doug Stanton).
Mark Caplan . . . and you didn't have to have $60 million worth of equiptment to keep them flying like most planes today. Those were the days. PBY's, B-17's, Corsairs, Mustangs and the old C-47.
Speaking of the USS Indianapolis my son says that in the movie 🎥 Jaws 🦈 Quint said that after a Lockheed Ventura saw the survivors 3 hours later a PBY Catalina arrived to pick them up.
Is this the same Canso/ Catalina shown in video entirety?I wndr. When taking off, NO stabilizing pontoons can b seen tucked into wings; yet when landing onwater , taking off, stabilizing pontoons CAN b seen
The Catalina has floats that are attached to struts. When the floats are retracted they become part of the wing tip. For landing in water they are extended and used to help keep the wing out of the water especially during taxing. The HU-16 has pontoons that are fixed and also were external fuel tanks.
I've always strongly believed that the PBY is the most graceful and the most beautiful airframe that has graced the skies.
My late Father was an R.C.A.F. electrical corparal during WW 2 based out of Newfoundland. Many people don't know that Newfoundland(Newfunland) was still part of England then. The electrics and salt water didn't agree much so they often flew sorties with the regular crew which would be hunting German submarines. They often got shot at from surfaced subs and sometimes got hit but if they found one on the surface charging batteries and not ready to dive, they had them for sure!
My all time favorite WWII airplane! I owned a PBY flying model back in the late '60s.
Me Too.
@ripflip1112 Yes, this is the same aircraft. The pontoons rotate 90 degrees and when not required (e.g. for land based takeoffs) the pontoon actually forms the end of the wing.
The floats as they are called do not rotate. They either extend downward or retract upward. Pontoons are fixed
Yes, Lake Taupo in NZ.
The flight engineer had it noisy with his position being up in the pylon right between those big lumps
Excellent film footage and sound. Great scenery as well.
I used to work with Frank Stroble on Catalina Island. He owned a Company called Catalina Flying Boats
Man I love seeing old war birds in flight.
Beautiful
Beautiful! It's great seeing one take off and land on water. At the Military Aviation Museum here in Virginia Beach, Virginia, we only operate ours on land. The wing floats' mechanism works perfectly fine.
Just a fine point, but the faired over nose just looks odd when you're used to seeing one with the nose turret as they were built originally. IMO, the PBYs with the eyeball turret looked the best.
My late friend, Galen Vincent or Gus as we called him owned that airplane, N9521C for about 3 three years. He bought it up in Seattle at a Marshall's auction. Ended up getting right engine swapped out, and the blue and white paint scheme applied. I got on his crew in 1991-1993. Gus parked the plane out by the old redwood built WWII aircraft hangar in Santa Rosa, CA where I worked at Redwood Aviation. Two brothers on the crew removed the Clipper nose and reconfigured it to accept the turret. Gus was working on rebuilding a .30 caliber to put back in the nose where after putting bomb racks back into the wing inside and rig up a release mechanism to drop dummy bombs that he bought surplus from California Airframe in Oakland, CA (they had a lot of parts for these birds back then) we were going to fly out over the ocean off the Sonoma coast and go blasting but that never materialized.
Then in 1993 when Gus was in the process of selling the plane the shop I now worked for at Aerocrafter's Inc. was installing the blisters. Plane ended up being sold to a gentleman from Italy, and another partner. Plane ended up flying to Italy months later. We had a lot of fun flying to airshows flying in left or right seats. and or going up front and taking off the top turret cover and poking our head up into the slipstream with goggles on.
Lake landing only. No saltwater.
@@831BeachBum Thank you for the info. It doesn't have wing racks on it now. I forget where we obtained the eyeball turret from. It doesn't have .30 caliber machine guns in it yet. I don't know the status of the guns for the blisters. It's been repainted once by an outfit in Canada. It's still a great flyer.
Pure Dream Ship.
The PBY-5A Catalina piloted by Lt. Adrian Marks played a starring role in rescuing survivors of the USS Indianapolis at the end of World War II. It rescued 56 men (IN HARM'S WAY (2001) by Doug Stanton).
Mark Caplan . . . and you didn't have to have $60 million worth of equiptment to keep them flying like most planes today. Those were the days. PBY's, B-17's, Corsairs, Mustangs and the old C-47.
Speaking of the USS Indianapolis my son says that in the movie 🎥 Jaws 🦈 Quint said that after a Lockheed Ventura saw the survivors 3 hours later a PBY Catalina arrived to pick them up.
I want one. That'd be a great way to retire. Get a PBY or an Albatross, retrofit it like an RV so it's livable, and fly around the world.
Always wanted to do that since I saw a Popular Mechanics with the plans.
We can gwt one together but with mechanic guys. Its always my dream. I m your pin up girl and lovely lady.
The only downside about the PBY at least from what I understand is that it can land on calm water so it is not as robust as an albatross.
Get the HU-16. Has 200 more hp per engine, has reversible propellers, and has flaps.
Каталина - чудо инженерии!
Appears to be in the colours of the RNZAF
SAUDADES DOS VELHOS TEMPOS EM QUE VIAJA COM MEU PAI NA FAB
is that lake taupo
cool thanks
CATALINA in AMAZÔNIA BRASIL.
Well, I gotta try landing on water while I'm playing war thunder.
That's Napier!!
pontoons are for bridges and floats are for air crafts I suppose!!
Actually, the pontoons retract into the wingtips, IIRC.
Is this the same Canso/ Catalina shown in video entirety?I wndr. When taking off, NO stabilizing pontoons can b seen tucked into wings; yet when landing onwater , taking off, stabilizing pontoons CAN b seen
The Catalina has floats that are attached to struts. When the floats are retracted they become part of the wing tip. For landing in water they are extended and used to help keep the wing out of the water especially during taxing. The HU-16 has pontoons that are fixed and also were external fuel tanks.
....and turn it into a Gentleman's Flying Pad.
Win a Big Lottery and Get One as a Flying RV. I Can Dream, Can't I? (smile)
if i could win millions, i would buy that first...
Hahaha see 1:23 and after 1:30 have ski xDDD