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 ...
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 ...
The Catalina, initially a U.S. Navy flying patrol boat (PBY) and later named by the British, became the most popular flying boat of WWII with over 3,300 built. Its design featured retractable wingtip ...