The PBY

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 04/02/2016 at 22:26 • Filed to: Planelopnik, pby

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There is something pleasing about the Catalina. I’m not sure if it is the unusual plan form, the blisters or the fact that it is a flying boat, but it is a cool plane.

Trunk Impaired 318 > f86sabre 04/02/2016 at 22:29

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Yes! I love me some Catalina!

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 04/02/2016 at 22:34

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That photo of the people sunbathing on top of the Catalina is from a photo essay in Life Magazine about a guy who turned a surplus Catalina into a flying yacht. Quite a view out of those waist bubbles.

http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/04/24/all…

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > f86sabre 04/02/2016 at 22:36

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I’ve always wanted to have a private PBY or really any other large flying boat. A JRM mars would make a kickass flying house. The PBY with all of the women lounging on top is the same plane that is in the pictures of a rusted out PBY in the desert.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > f86sabre 04/02/2016 at 22:38

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I remember that pic, I’m amazed at the weight on the wings. Given the strength needed for those wings I guess it’s not surprising, but it looks like a lot. Even assuming each person is only 150lbs on average its a lot.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > f86sabre 04/02/2016 at 22:39

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ForSweden bait

slipperysallylikespenguins > f86sabre 04/02/2016 at 22:40

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Flying boats are the best planes and the best boats.

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 04/02/2016 at 22:50

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Indeed.

itranthelasttimeiparkedit > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 04/02/2016 at 23:05

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According to the article linked above ( http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=33330X1169… ) it is not, apparently multiple people did the flying-yacht thing with PBYs

garagemonkee > f86sabre 04/02/2016 at 23:07

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What a coincidence as I’ve spent the past week at work listening to the audiobook: The Rising Sun: The Fall of the Japanese Empire 1936-1945 by John Toland. PBYs got a lot of shit done. The book is fascinating, politics and the pursuit of peace sure are muddy, and decades later, teaching it in the form of myth in public school doesn’t make it any better.

Chuckybas > ttyymmnn 04/03/2016 at 20:28

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Oh my word. What a time to be alive. Those pictures are great. I’ll take it over a Gulfstream.