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Posted on 8/4/23 at 11:25 pm to Jim Rockford
One of those PBYs picked up my Dad after their plane was shot down in the Phillipines.
I talked to the co-pilot. He told me the swells were 10 feet tall with crosswinds. They bounced off two swells and were airborne.
He told me it was the most reliable plane to get you home!
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I talked to the co-pilot. He told me the swells were 10 feet tall with crosswinds. They bounced off two swells and were airborne.
He told me it was the most reliable plane to get you home!
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This post was edited on 8/4/23 at 11:28 pm
Posted on 8/5/23 at 9:47 am to ItzMe1972
What kind of performance are we looking at?
Posted on 8/5/23 at 10:05 am to PrecedentedTimes
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Favorite aircraft of all time. If I had FU money I’d turn one into a flying RV.
Seriously this.
Looks like you could fit about 28 hoes in there comfortably with room for couple of friends, cocaine and accessories.
Posted on 8/5/23 at 10:10 am to Jim Rockford
Can i land it at the prop stop?
Posted on 8/5/23 at 10:15 am to choppadocta
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My Grandfather built them at the Consolidated Vultee plant over by the UNO Lakefront Arena
Same. He told me at one point he was installing the blisters, then at another point he was putting bulkheads in. I wish I had asked more about his time with Consolidated Vultee and those planes.
This post was edited on 8/5/23 at 10:17 am
Posted on 8/5/23 at 10:24 am to bumpcity76
The Naval Air Museum in Pensacola has one on display as well as just a cutaway fuselage.
Posted on 8/5/23 at 10:32 am to ItzMe1972
Any of you OT ballers, let me know when you grab one and need a pilot. Multi-engine commercial seaplane is one rating I'd love to get, and would be an alpha flex amongst airplane nerds.
Posted on 8/5/23 at 10:34 am to bumpcity76
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I wish I had asked more about his time with Consolidated Vultee and those planes
At least you got to talk to him about it, my Grandpa died before I was born and I'm just going off of stories told by my mother and my grandmother.
Posted on 8/5/23 at 11:42 am to rmnldr
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Fascinating. I wonder if they’ll want these to use in the pacific. We definitely will need a floatplane for SAR missions.
That’s exactly what I was thinking but also the ability to insert recon elements. Land that near a key and let the Raiders or Seals unass some zodiacs.
Posted on 8/5/23 at 11:56 am to ABearsFanNMS
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That’s exactly what I was thinking but also the ability to insert recon elements. Land that near a key and let the Raiders or Seals unass some zodiacs.
Be interesting to see if they could fit a proper 7m RIB into one of these instead of just an inflatable.
Posted on 8/5/23 at 12:12 pm to SWCBonfire
I'm not sure what one of those RIBs weigh, but during the war the PBY could carry two rather large mk13 torpedoes outboard of each engine nacelle weighing in at 2,200lbs each so perhaps they could figure out one way to lash it up and not cause a serious weight and balance issue.
Posted on 8/5/23 at 12:13 pm to Jim Rockford
Strawberry 5 at Midway, spotted the Japanese carriers
Posted on 8/5/23 at 12:28 pm to RyneFrisco
Cool 7 min video about restoring one, LINK Apparently the pilots had no gauges, there was another guy in a sperate compartment who watched that
Posted on 8/5/23 at 12:33 pm to Jim Rockford
I’m saving up for this bad boy. Gonna get rid of the firefighting crap and turn it into a flying/floating strip club.
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LINK
Posted on 8/5/23 at 1:34 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
need a partner?
Posted on 8/5/23 at 1:45 pm to CalCajun
Probably not an entry level position for a brand new MEL Sea, unless of course it’s WWII 
ETA: met a guy at work the other day with an ATP MEL Sea
ETA: met a guy at work the other day with an ATP MEL Sea
This post was edited on 8/5/23 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 8/5/23 at 2:48 pm to soccerfüt
My Grandad flew PBYs in the Pacific in WWII. I tried to go to the small museum near WA coast, but it was closed.
Heard a few wild stories...shot down, crash landings, bailing out, whales breaching, etc. One time his PBY was shot from underneath and the engine exploded and a hot chunk of melted metal the size of knuckle or rock landed on his lap. He kept it in his pocket every day until death too remind him of his good luck. I don't know what happened to it. Hopefully one of my Uncles has it and it wasn't thrown out or lost along the way.
Heard a few wild stories...shot down, crash landings, bailing out, whales breaching, etc. One time his PBY was shot from underneath and the engine exploded and a hot chunk of melted metal the size of knuckle or rock landed on his lap. He kept it in his pocket every day until death too remind him of his good luck. I don't know what happened to it. Hopefully one of my Uncles has it and it wasn't thrown out or lost along the way.
Posted on 8/5/23 at 2:55 pm to G Khan
The WWII museum should find one and restore it and put it at Lakefront airport. I think they keep a working PT boat there.
Posted on 8/5/23 at 3:14 pm to Jim Rockford
Alaskan pilots will probably jump for those. Land on water or land and as others said versatile. Wonder what the range is on it.
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