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 ...

The Catalina’s actions at Midway not only redeemed its reputation after early war setbacks, but also exemplified how reconnaissance could dictate naval engagements. Flying high above the cerulean ...

Watch the design process of a PBY Catalina RC model created in Blender through a timelapse workflow. The project demonstrates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gordon was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" while serving as commander of a Catalina Patrol Plane that ...

On the 74th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, NOAA and University of Hawaii archaeologists released rare images of a sunken PBY-5 Catalina, a U.S. Navy seaplane that was lost during the ...

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 ...

13.25 x 19 in. (33.7 x 48.3 cm.) ...

Developed by Consolidated Aircraft in the late 1920s/early 1930s, the Catalina (initially PBY) was a long-range patrol flying boat, later becoming amphibious, known for its unique retractable wingtip ...