The American Heritage Museum's historic PBY-5A Catalina has returned to flight following an extensive restoration by American ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catalina reborn for Pacific A Florida company plans to turn an iconic World War II seaplane design into a modern aircraft it ...

Building a PBY Catalina RC plane from scratch involves careful planning, detailed construction, and thorough flight ...

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 ...

To a downed Allied pilot floating on a raft, they were lifesavers. To German and Japanese submarines, they were a menace. The PBY Catalina flying boat was one of the most iconic Allied aircraft of ...

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 Catalina, initially a U.S. Navy flying patrol boat (PBY) and later named by the British, became the most popular flying boat of WWII with over 3,300 built. Its design featured retractable wingtip ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The PBY Catalina flying boat was one of the most iconic Allied aircraft of World War II. PBY Catalinas were used to patrol ...