The restoration of the world's oldest flying Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, BuNo 2459, continues at American Aero Services in ...

The Consolidated PBY Catalina was the U. S. Navy's most successful patrol flying boat of the war but naval aviators also used the PBY to attack ships at night, and to search for and rescue people ...

The Consolidated PBY Catalina served during World War II as a patrol plane and performed air-sea rescue duty. Art by Barry Ross The Catalina was born on the frigid shores of Lake Erie in 1928 when ...

Bill Klaers issued a warning to fans waiting to see the Consolidated PBY Catalina take flight from the National Museum of World War II Aviation Saturday morning. Even with the estimated 150 hours ...

An airworthy Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina taxis over grass at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia, during a 2018 showcase of Second World War military aircraft.

The PBY Catalina and the Black Cats. Consolidated’s PBY Catalina was born out of a need to keep America’s sea superiority in the late 1930’s.

This 100-year-old Navy veteran flew PBYs in World War II Dave Kindy Members of the Black Cat squadron wait for orders in the shade provided by the wing of a Consolidated PBY Catalina. There is a ...

The Consolidated Model 28, or the PBY Catalina, was designed and used extensively in the 1930s and 1940s, with applicability that ranged from patrol bomber to rescue missions.

While it may have been the U.S. Army Air Force B-17 and B-24 bombers that received all the glory during the Second World War, it was aircraft such as the Consolidated PBY Catalina that played a ...

The Consolidated PBY Catalina was the U. S. Navy's most successful patrol flying boat of the war but naval aviators also used the PBY to attack ships at night, and to search for and rescue people ...