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PBY-5A Catalina ‘Miss Pick Up' Returns to Duxford After Unexpected Engine Change in France

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 ...
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“They were basically floating hotels” - Inside the age of flying boats

Today we’re diving into the bizarre era when the world’s most glamorous airliners didn’t land at airports - they docked like ...
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The story of the Spanish Air Force's only PBY-5A Catalina amphibious aircraft

The Consolidated PBY Catalina was a famous flying boat manufactured in the USA that made its first flight on March 28, 1935.
Smithsonian Magazine

Flying Boats Were Once the Luxury Liners of the Air

Flying boats opened up travel destinations around the world—then they went to war Dave Kindy A Sikorsky S-43 banks near Galveston, Texas, in 1993. Nicknamed the “baby clipper,” it was a smaller ...
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Model, Static, Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Wood and plastic model of a U.S. Navy ...