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Randy's Warbird Profiles: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina BuNo. 46522
This installment of Randy's Warbird Profiles takes a look at the Erickson Aircraft Collection’s Consolidated Vultee 28-5ACF (PBY-5A) Catalina BuNo. 46522, N2172N. From what I have determined ...
Smithsonian Magazine4y
Legends of an Ocean-Crossing Seaplane
Tanner and the crew of his Catalina resumed dawn patrol ... just above sea level where our black profiles would be undetectable from above. Our PBY altimeters were an improved radar version ...
Vintage Aviation News on MSN3d
Air Zoo to Restore PBY-5A Catalina Bound for Pearl Harbor
In a significant development for historic aircraft preservation, the National Naval Aviation Museum's PBY-5A Catalina (BuNo ...