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At Tumwater’s Dog Days, though, the focus is on fun and games for canines as well as those who love them. The event, launched ...
Florida-based Catalina Aircraft, which holds type certificates for the PBY-5A Catalina with US and Canadian civil aviation regulators, has revealed plans to launch a modernized version of the iconic ...
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 ...
One of the largest and, to some, most glorious restored warbird in Yagen’s collection: a 1943 PBY-5A Catalina, the U.S. Navy’s storied scout bomber. This one was seized for drug smuggling in ...
The UIL state track meet was postponed Friday because of inclement weather; here's the updated schedule for Class 2A and 5A. Classes 6A and 1A are unaffected. Events are in the order 2A girls ...
In August 2023, we covered the news that the National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) in Pensacola, Florida would be transferring their PBY-5A Catalina, Bureau Number 46602, to the Pearl Harbor ...
Despite damage to his life vest, Thompson found that a tide was slowly carrying him seaward, where a Consolidated PBY-5a Catalina spotted him and braved Japanese antiaircraft fire to drop a one ...
(j.g.) Essary the Distinguished Flying Cross. A PBY-5A ashore at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, in 1945. (Image credit: U.S. Navy) In all, 168 of the Cooper’s crew were rescued while 191 were killed.
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Mechanics repairing the faulty engine on the US Navy PBY-5A Catalina. Photo: supplied by Mitch McKay. AUGUST 14 marks the 80th anniversary of a legendary moment in Laurieton’s history – the day ...
Other aerial acts taking part in the Seafair celebration (June 29-August 4) included the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team, a Marine F35b, an Air Force F35A, and a PBY-5A Catalina.