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 ...

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 ...

The optimism of the post-WWII era remains unparalleled, and justifiably so. One dark, painful episode had just wrapped, and humanity was itching to embark on new adventures, to live life to its ...

A diver examines the gunner's forward turret on a PBY-5 Catalina resting on its right side. Photo courtesy UH Marine Option Program HONOLULU (AP) - New images of a large U.S. Navy seaplane that sank ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Although slow, it was also used in anti-submarine warfare (ASW), convoy escort, search and rescue and cargo transport missions. While it may have been the U.S. Army ...

A World War II-era PBY-5A seaplane was picked up from a field near Skagit County Regional Airport Friday morning and flown to the PBY Memorial Foundation museum display at Naval Air Station Whidbey ...

NASHUA – It’s a great way to get summer off the ground! The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire will hold its annual Father’s Day Weekend Fly-In BBQ on Saturday, June 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at ...

The Soaring by the Sea Foundation's PBY-5A Catalina, Princess of the Stars, is currently grounded in Arlington, Washington, after experiencing an engine failure during a recent flight. The aircraft ...

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 ...

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