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 ...

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 ...

The American Heritage Museum's painstaking restoration of its Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina (BuNo 2459) has entered its final and most exacting phase, with the team now working toward a highly ...

For 74 years, the Catalina PBY-5 "flying boat" has rested at the bottom of Oahu's Kāne‛ohe Bay. The plane, a long-range bomber used by the U.S. Navy during World War II, was one of many material ...

PBY-5A Catalina G-PBYA, better known as "Miss Pick Up", is an 82-year-old WWII-era flying boat owned by Catalina Aircraft Limited (CAL), operated by Plane Sailing Air Displays Limited (PSADL), and ...

There was a festive atmosphere at NAS Jacksonville Heritage Park April 6 as hundreds of Sailors, civilians and retirees gathered to dedicate the refurbished PBY-5A Catalina patrol plane (Bureau Number ...

A diver examines the gunner's forward turret on a PBY-5 Catalina resting on its right side in Kane'ohe Bay, Hawaii. The plane was sunk at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Credit: UH Marine Option Program ...

The Catalina, a long-range flying patrol boat developed from 1928, became the most popular flying boat of WWII with over 3,300 units built, known for its extensive 4,000-mile range and unique ...

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 ...