Hi all While on the subject of Catalina wrecks, please find attached a draft site plan for the PBY-4 from Patrol Wing Ten, which was found in June this year....
Congratulations, Silvano, for completing a long and difficult process. Hi all While on the subject of Catalina wrecks, please find attached a draft site plan...
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Oct 8, 2008 4:42 am
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Hello Keith Hamilton and members. Keith, I hope for all involved that you succeed in positively identifying the aircraft. In the mean time, here is a link to...
Hi, folks. While in TX, I saw the obit below posted in the Dallas paper. It was originaly sourced from the NY Times per link below. Please take a look and...
The P-51 is what made it possible for the U.S. to escort B-17s over Berlin; up until then the other fighters (mostly P-47s and, earlier, P-40s) just didn't...
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Oct 8, 2008 8:28 pm
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It was not so much the engine that made the difference. The Spitfire had a similar engine but did not have the range. The P-51 was the first airplane with then...
Peter Van Warmerdam
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Oct 8, 2008 9:14 pm
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Would the PBY with a laminar flow wing not have enough lift? Would it stall out sooner or did the wing type make no difference? Bob Bergstrom ... From: Peter...
Great drawing. So did the aft section just disappear? Any photos yet? Bob Bergstrom ... From: Silvano Jung To: PBY@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 07,...
Good question. Yes, BUT - - - it would involve a total redesign of the aircraft and anyhow not possible in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Not only did they...
Peter Van Warmerdam
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Oct 9, 2008 1:15 am
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Thanks Peter for the in depth explanation. On a side note I have just started a book called "Attack from the Sea". It is on the post war plan that the US...
Gents, One re-learns these sorts of things if there is a youngster learning to fly. In plain english, laminar wing give better cruise figures - greater ranger...
RE: [PBY] RAAF A24-203Gents, I support Silvano's caution to be patient and wait for proof positive as to the wreckage that Keith claims to be Catalina A24-203...
Hi group. Again a short history of a RDAF Catalina, this time its Bu. 63993 L-866. By help of Ragnar. I have put some picture of this Catalina in the Photo...
Congratulations, Silvano. Ihave just defended my dissertation also, so know how exultant you must feel. ... From: Silvano Jung <silvano.jung@...> ...
Looks like a Douglas Dolphin to me. First ones built about 1930. And another interesting photo of PBY's on EBay; ...
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Oct 10, 2008 5:26 am
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Bob: It isn't the Douglas Dolphin but on p. 181 of Larkin's U.S. Navy Aircraft of 1920-1941 there is a 1935 photo of the XP3D-1 (BuAer 9613) which looks like...
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Oct 10, 2008 11:52 am
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The above-wing pylon engine mounts look similar to a Dolphin variant, but the cockpit greenhouse is just ugly! Doug ... From: Robert Bergstrom...
Douglas YOA-5? http://aerofiles.com/_doug2.html http://aerofiles.com/doug-oa5.jpg Douglas YOA-5 [33-17] OA-5 1935 = Army SAR amphibian redesignated from...
Thanks! It is an OA-5. Bob Bergstrom ... From: Land Washburn To: PBY@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 7:22 PM Subject: RE: [PBY] WW II seaplane ...
Hi Group. I need some help, please. When I look on the Aviation Safety Networks Database, over Catalina and Canso Accident, then I am missing the registration...
Hi Erik, no help, But here is my non-exhaustive compilation of post-war accidents. I've found both 1965 and 1966 for Aeropesca. ... From: Erik Thingbo...
Jean; A few comments on your list. First, you are right about it not being exhaustive but that's the fun of research so have a good time finding out more!...
Erik, I don't have information of any Brazilian Air Force (FAB) PBY being lost on the day you indicated, but I'll check it out with my Brazilian contact. ...
Hi, jean-christop, David and Ragnar. Thanks for your reply, although there still are some differences in the dates. So it is a difficult subject. Thanks again,...
David & Jean-Christophe, My records agree with those of David's, except I have the date for RNeAF P-211 as 19/12/52 and the date for CF-PQI as 01/03/69....
I’ll do a bit more digging on those two dates. I’ve never figured out how to add accents in e-mails so perhaps Ragnar can let me know off line. David...
Many thanks, both of you, David and Ragnar. I'm on to correct my database. ...David, I have accents (é, è, à, ç, ù) on my french keyboard. You can also...
