Lifelong aviation enthusiast Randy Malmstrom takes a look at the Canadian-Vickers PBV-1A Canso on display at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.
Before and after Dec. 7, 1941, the frequent appearance of big PBY Catalina flying boats skimming the wavetops in Pearl Harbor and Kaneohe Bay would have been an eye-catching sight. A PBY-5A Catalina ...
Click to open image viewer. Radar, twin .50 caliber guns in a power-driven bow turret, tall tail with a taller vertical fin first seen on the PBN-1; outrigger floats from each wingtip, hinged to fold ...
The new World War II thriller Greyhound is an exciting film that portrays the Battle of the Atlantic from the perspective of a U.S. Navy destroyer Captain, played by Tom Hanks. In the film’s opening ...
The phone rang. It was my sister-in-law. “We’ve just bought a stamp with a picture of your airplane,” she said. “Yes, the PBY.” I don’t suppose that means much to most folks in 2005. But to the ...
There was a festive atmosphere at NAS Jacksonville Heritage Park April 6 as hundreds of Sailors, civilians and retirees gathered to dedicate the refurbished PBY-5A Catalina patrol plane (Bureau Number ...
The cockpit of a Second World War-era PBY-5A aircraft nicknamed the “Canso” has landed at Veterans’ House. The Multifaith Housing Initiative project offers veterans experiencing homelessness reduced ...
After a 67-year absence, a PBY 5A Catalina seaplane can once again call Whidbey Island Naval Air Station home. The flying boat, which was stationed in Oak Harbor in 1945, arrived at the Seaplane Base ...
A partial cockpit from a famed Canso aircraft landed Thursday morning at the Ottawa Veterans’ House as the first-of-its-kind facility continues to welcome new residents. The half-ton piece of aviation ...