This flight demonstration showcases a scale PBY Catalina RC plane performing smooth maneuvers over both water and open sky. The video highlights the aircraft's distinctive design, stable handling, and ...

The American Heritage Museum's historic PBY-5A Catalina has returned to flight following an extensive restoration by American ...

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 ...

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 ...

To a downed Allied pilot floating on a raft, they were lifesavers. To German and Japanese submarines, they were a menace. The PBY Catalina flying boat was one of the most iconic Allied aircraft of ...

Gordon was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" while serving as commander of a Catalina Patrol Plane that rescued 15 United States Army Fifth Air Force service members shot down in ...

The Catalina, initially developed as a long-range patrol flying boat, became the most popular of its kind in WWII with over 3,300 built, featuring unique designs like retractable wingtip floats and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The PBY Catalina flying boat was one of the most iconic Allied aircraft of World War II. PBY Catalinas were used to patrol ...