The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina (US Navy designation), is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated...
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information. The Consolidated PBY Catalina was a twin-engined American flying boat of the 1930s and 1940s, designed by Consolidated Aircraft Co. Several...
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The List of Consolidated PBY Catalina operators lists the countries and their naval aviation and air force units that have operated the aircraft: Argentine...
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"ASN Aircraft accident Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 05023". Retrieved February 12, 2024. "ASN Aircraft accident Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 04404". Retrieved...
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General Motors. Consolidated became famous, during the 1920s and 1930s, for its line of flying boats. The most successful of the Consolidated patrol boats...
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Developed as a naval patrol aircraft, the Consolidated PBY Catalina was a widely exported flying boat during World War II. Over the course of the conflict...
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a Consolidated PBY Catalina by the Bird Corporation. During the late 1960s Forrest Bird and his Bird Corporation developed a conversion for the PBY Catalina...
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exhibited in an aviation museum. After deliveries of the PBY Catalina, also a Consolidated aircraft, began in 1935, the United States Navy began planning...
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War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service. A total of 1,366 PBMs were built...
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Catalina affair (category Accidents and incidents involving the Consolidated PBY Catalina)
the FRA. Three days after the initial incident, on 16 June 1952, two Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina flying boats, known in Swedish service as Tp 47, searched...
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Cessna JRC - Transport Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator - Patrol bomber Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer - Patrol bomber Consolidated PBY/PBN Catalina - Seaplane...
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company American Export Lines. Transatlantic surveys were done with a Consolidated PBY-4 flying boat and in 1939 AEA placed an order for three Vought-Sikorsky...
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Presidential Fleet Chengdu J-7 Airguard China Fighter F-7B F-7M in reserve Consolidated PBY Catalina United States Flying Boat Curtiss C-46 Commando United States...
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Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. United States Navy VP-51 Consolidated PBY Catalinas began neutrality patrols along the Lesser Antillies from...
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Canadian Vickers company, it initially operated as a manufacturer of Consolidated PBY "Canso" flying boats on behalf of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)...
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Dog Consolidated N2Y Consolidated PBY Catalina (Suspended) Consolidated PBY Catalina (Cutaway) Consolidated PBY Catalina (Flight Line) Consolidated PB2Y...
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participating in several nighttime bombing raids flying a PBY-5 variant, the Consolidated PBY Catalina with Patrol Squadron Eleven (VP-11), then known...
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also used in the conflict, including the American-made twin-engine Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats, and the large, four-engine British Short Sunderland...
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Yakovlev Yak-4 Yermolayev Yer-2 Beriev Be-2 Beriev Be-4 Beriev MBR-2 Consolidated PBY/PBN Catalina (186 supplied through lend-lease from US) Curtiss O-52...
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a body of water. Similar in configuration to the World War II–era Consolidated PBY Catalina, the Canadair CL-215 and its derivative the CL-415 are designed...
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below. Naval Air Station (NAS) Midway operated: United States Navy 31 Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina, seaplanes. 6 Grumman TBF-1 Avenger, torpedo bombers (5...
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The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer is an American World War II and Korean War era patrol bomber of the United States Navy derived from the Consolidated B-24...
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Malaya; and Manila, Philippines), operated by several Dakotas and nine Consolidated PBY Catalina amphibious aircraft. On 28 December 1949, KLM-IIB was nationalized...
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ground looping incidents. Several amphibious aircraft such as the Consolidated PBY Catalina, use retractable wingtips as floats. Moveable wingtips can...
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The Consolidated B-32 Dominator (Consolidated Model 34) was an American heavy strategic bomber built for United States Army Air Forces during World War...
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(now Sri Lanka) with average flight times of around 28 hours, using a Consolidated PBY Catalina. The flight from Ceylon to Australia on Aug 30, 1943 remains...
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between Australia and the United Kingdom. In June 1943 Qantas employed 5 Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats—obtained under Lend-Lease through the British...
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Polynesia.: 97 The Air Tahiti brand then disappeared. RAI acquired two Consolidated PBY Catalina seaplanes to expand links between the islands of French Polynesia...
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of spray. Examples include the Martin M-130, Dornier Do 18 and the Consolidated PBY Catalina. Compared to a biplane, a parasol wing has less bracing and...
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aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2023-06-26. ""ASN Aircraft accident Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 34032 Alaska"". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2021-12-22...
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