hprinze Loc: Central Florida

I may be the only person here who appreciates this. It's near impossible to explain how a person can love an ugly, clumsy, inanimate piece of machinery,

But I became a part of and learned to love the amphibious aircraft designated PBY by the U.S. Navy and the SA-10 by the USAF Air Rescue service. I spent many cold, noisy hours as flight engineer on this aircraft in 1950 and 1951. in the Air Rescue Service.

Thanks for allowing an old man to babble about the past.

http://vimeo.com/99919462

MrEd Loc: Georgia

I love that old PBY and while I never served or flew on one, I still loved the looks of it. I did get to play around in one while it was parked at the ramp once, but that is as close as I ever got to flying in one. It may have been slow. but it was one of the best planes of WWII. It did more damage to the Japs during WWII then all the other planes put together. While it is true it was not a fighter like the F-4U, it showed them where everyone was by flying on patrols that most planes could not match. It was often shot up and shot down because it would stay on patrol when other planes were running out of fuel and heading home. It rescued so many pilots and others that you can't count them all. It was a fantastic plane for it's time and it was around for a very long time. I remember one that crashed through our fence at boot camp while I was there in San Diego.

bahmer

Thank you for a brief history lesson on the PBY very interesting.

badbobby Loc: texas

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thank you for an interesting post

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

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