This 100-year-old Navy veteran flew PBYs in World War II Dave Kindy Members of the Black Cat squadron wait for orders in the shade provided by the wing of a Consolidated PBY Catalina. There is a ...

While it may have been the U.S. Army Air Force B-17 and B-24 bombers that received all the glory during the Second World War, it was aircraft such as the Consolidated PBY Catalina that played a ...

This year’s event will include a special visitor: an historic Consolidated PBY-5A ‘Catalina’ flying boat, which will be on display. The vintage World War II-era aircraft will also offer 30-minute ...

Consolidated PBY Catalina. Consolidated’s PBY design was prompted in part by Japan’s expansion into the Pacific during the 1930s. While The United States had until that point been one of, ...

The Consolidated Model 28, or the PBY Catalina, was designed and used extensively in the 1930s and 1940s, with applicability that ranged from patrol bomber to rescue missions.

Here's the scoop. The Consolidated PBY Catalina, or OA-10, as the Army designated it, was a twin-engined multi-role military flying boat that was just as beloved by the people who served with them ...

By Randy Malmstrom Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military aircraft in particular. He has a particular penchant for documenting specific ...

Pilot Fred Owen inside the waist gunner’s compartment of the PBY-5A Catalina called “Princess of the Stars.” The area is where .50-caliber machine guns were housed at the side window blisters.

PBY-5A Catalina 'Miss Pick Up', the UK-based Catalina flying boat, returns to Duxford after an engine change in France, ready ...

The most unassembled and the highest priority is a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, a large amphibian with a 104-foot wing, out of which protrude a pair of radial engines, giving the airplane a bug ...

Nearly 100 adults and kids of all ages gathered around the west runway of the airport Saturday morning to watch a historic Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina fly in and end its long trip from where it ...

Bill Klaers issued a warning to fans waiting to see the Consolidated PBY Catalina take flight from the National Museum of World War II Aviation Saturday morning. Even with the estimated 150 hours ...