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Final push to Oshkosh: American Heritage Museum's PBY-5A Catalina nears completion

The American Heritage Museum's PBY-5A Catalina restoration nears completion, with a debut planned for Oshkosh 2026 as final ...
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Randy's warbird profiles: Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A/Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina

Canadian Vickers PBV-1A “Canso A”/Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, RCAF s/n 9815. This particular aircraft is a Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A (a version of the PBY-5A of which 380 were built by ...
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Column: Full-circle moment for Navy seaplanes

The PBY-5A Catalina seaplane “Princess of the Stars” visits Oahu for the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in 2020. The Pentagon’s renewed interest in seaplanes reflects a recognition that ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Historic Pearl Harbor PBY Catalinas to fly again for 75th anniversary of the end of World War II

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 ...
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Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina

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 ...