A walk around tour inside and out of the famous cat also taxi and take off

From its introduction to U.S. Naval service in 1936, through its continued international military use into the 1970's, to the recent retirement of the last civilian fire-bomber, the Consolidated PBY Catalina has served a distinguished career as one of the most rugged and versatile aircraft in U.S. history. It was.... more

PBY Catalina

The PBY Catalina was an American flying boat of the 1930s and 1940s produced by Consolidated Aircraft. It could be equipped with depth charges, bombs, torpedoes, and .50 Browning machineguns and was one of the most widely used multi-role aircraft of World War II. PBYs served with every branch of the US military and in.... more

A documentary about PBY Catalina

Awesome low flyby by a PBY Super Catalina..he almost hits the trees, followed by T-6 departures

Marc flying his 69" PBY model at the Columbus RC expo in Nov 2006. This is a scale profile foam model of the PBY-5A. Yes, there was a water tank set up inside the golf dome! The model is available at Rabidmodels.com

Canadian Warplane Heritage PBY Canso footage from 2004 at John C. Munroe Airport Hamilton.

Excellent scenes from "That man from Rio", a 1964 French movie. Showing one Fairchild PT-19 (with civilian registration) and a PBY-5A Catalina (Panair do Brasil) over Brazil's capital Brasilia and the amazon region. Starring Jean Paul Belmondo.

Air display at Yv\'Air 05 airshow. This big plane sure looks strange, but that slow, smooth and stable flight is truly graceful. Really nice to be able to see one of these rarities.