Catalina BuNo. 46522, N2172N. From what I have determined, this particular flying boat was built as a PBY-5A by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in San Diego, California as Constructor’s ...

Among the favorite ex-military warbirds in their arsenal were PBY Catalina amphibious flying boats, PB4-Y2 Privateer patrol bombers, and even Grumman Tigercat fighters and Douglas DC-6 airliners.

It was the first of the Consolidate Aircraft Company’s flying boats, which would lead to such aircraft as the legendary PBY Catalina. During the 1920s, flying boats were among the largest fixed ...

In humid, midnight skies, the PBY Catalinas of World War II flew low over the waters of the Southwest Pacific. The black-painted Navy planes had one role: to cut the supplies Japanese ships ...