November 1, 2024: In 2023 an American company has begun production of a 21st century version of the World War II PBY Catalina patrol aircraft. The new Catalina weighs 14.5-tons and is powered by two ...
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 ...
Lifelong aviation enthusiast Randy Malmstrom takes a look at the Canadian-Vickers PBV-1A Canso on display at the Evergreen ...
On February 15, 1944, Lieutenant Nathan Gordon waited on the tarmac in his PBY Catalina as nearly fifty B-25s and A-20s roared toward the Japanese stronghold at Kavieng. Gordon knew what awaited them.