From biplanes in Brazil to the enduring legacy of the Spitfire, nothing compares with getting up close to aviation’s most iconic aircraft ...
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 ...
OAK HARBOR, Wash. – A story, years in the making, came to an end for the city of Oak Harbor when a CH-47 Chinook air crew from the Washington Army National Guard air lifted a World War II-era PBY-5a ...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane — actually, it’s an amphibious patrol bomber. Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum’s World War II-era PBY-5A Catalina took flight for the last time in a uniquely ...
The planned airlift of a World War II-era amphibious patrol bomber on Tuesday morning was postponed. A Chinook helicopter from the Washington Army National Guard was supposed to airlift the Pacific ...
The Consolidated PBY Catalina was a famous flying boat manufactured in the USA that made its first flight on March 28, 1935. A PBY-5A Catalina, BuNo 48294, sporting the livery it wore with the US Navy ...
#83 Servicing Party RAF, RCAF Gander, Newfoundland. Canso A FT999 was involved in a flight to bring a sick man to hospital from Belle Island, Newfoundland. It was attempting a take-off in heavy seas ...
The crew of the PBY-5A (Tanker 702) was conducting a water pick up from Sitidgi Lake during fire suppression activities when they lost control. The right wing tip dug into the water and the aircraft ...
In a warehouse in Beresfield, near Newcastle, a long, slow resurrection is underway. Rescued more than a decade ago from San Juan Airport in Puerto Rico, where it had been left to rust into obscurity ...
The final event of IWM Duxford’s 2025 Season of air displays was the Flying Finale on Saturday 4th October. Unfortunately the first weekend of October saw the UK’s first major storm of autumn, Storm ...