An in-depth look at the American Heritage Museum's restoration of PBY-5A Catalina BuNo 2459, the world's oldest flying Catalina. Rob Collings shares progress on the aircraft's unique systems, interior ...
"This Midway Island based PBY discovered part of the Japanese Fleet on 3 June 1942 setting the course of the battle." (Painting, oil on wood, by John Hamilton; C. 1975, now in the collections of U.S.
The new World War II thriller Greyhound is an exciting film that portrays the Battle of the Atlantic from the perspective of a U.S. Navy destroyer Captain, played by Tom Hanks. In the film’s opening ...
When Ward Wages, 99, sat in the cockpit of the PBY Catalina stored on the tarmac at Superior's Richard I Bong Memorial Airport, it was the first time he had been in that type of plane since 1943.
The cockpit of a Second World War-era PBY-5A aircraft nicknamed the “Canso” has landed at Veterans’ House. The Multifaith Housing Initiative project offers veterans experiencing homelessness reduced ...
Steve Richards, executive officer of Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, was clearly enjoying himself as he sat in the cockpit of a seaplane simulator. Richards joined base commander Mike Nortier and ...