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 (PBY) was a highly successful long-range flying patrol boat developed in the 1930s, with over 3,300 built, and notable for design features like retractable wingtip floats and amphibious ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — I visited the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach and spoke with museum director Keegan Chetwynd. He told me the story behind one of the more unique-looking aircraft in ...

Wright Field Technical Documents Library / D50. Transportation, Supplies, and Equipment / D52. Aircraft / D52.1 - Airplanes (arranged alphabetically) / P / PBY ...

Text printed on the recto side of the leaves. Probable date range of issue based on dates of production for the PBY-3. 1. Foreword -- 2. General description -- 3. Power plant description -- 4. Engine ...

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 ...