The restoration of the world's oldest flying Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, BuNo 2459, is well underway at American Aero Services in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. After several years in the Netherlands, ...

Imagine if you were able to restore to factory production any of the classic combat aircraft of World War II. Even given some modest modernizations, could any of those venerable warbirds have viable ...

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 ...

There was a festive atmosphere at NAS Jacksonville Heritage Park April 6 as hundreds of Sailors, civilians and retirees gathered to dedicate the refurbished PBY-5A Catalina patrol plane (Bureau Number ...

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 ...

A WWII flying boat has touched down at Kapiti Coast Airport on its first voyage since restoration. The 1944 PBY-5A Catalina is among a string of aircraft making landfall at stops down the country on ...

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 ...

EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene received a special piece of military history over the weekend when one of the last operating models of an airplane used in World War II landed at the Eugene airport. Nearly 100 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine if you were able to restore to factory production any of the classic combat aircraft of World War II. Even given some ...