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 iconic Short Sunderland flying boats of the RAF were a lifeline in WWII. This recreation shows their powerful takeoff ...
The Consolidated PBY Catalina, or Pigboat, was one of the most versatile and effective multi-role aircraft of World War II.
TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — The largest World War II water bomber is completing its slow but steady trek across Arizona before going to its final resting place. The Philippine Mars, also known as the ...
The Philippine Mars, a WWII-era Martin JRM Mars flying boat, is being retired to the Pima Air and Space Museum in Arizona. A previous plan to send the aircraft to the National Naval Aviation Museum in ...
A rare World War II-era flying boat called the Philippine Mars made a pit stop in the Bay Area this past weekend. The boat landed in the Bay Area on Sunday from the British Columbia and anchored ...
Flying boats opened up travel destinations around the world—then they went to war Dave Kindy A Sikorsky S-43 banks near Galveston, Texas, in 1993. Nicknamed the “baby clipper,” it was a smaller ...