American Airpower Museum - Consolidated PBY Catalina Flying Boat
Bill Maloney 7/16/2008 |
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Consolidated PBY Catalina Variants at other Aviation Museums |
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Another PBY Catalina can be found at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH | Consolidated PBY Canso at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada |
PBY Catalina at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH | Consolidated PBY Canso at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Length: 63 feet, 10 inches
Wingspan: 104 feet, 0 inches
Height: 20 feet, 1 inch
Crew: 9
Weight: Empty - 6,500lbs Max Takeoff - 36,400lbs
Max Speed: 174mph at 7,000 feet
Cruise Speed: 120 mph
Range: 2,325 miles
Service Ceiling: 22,400 feet
Fuel Capacity: 1,750 gallons internally
Powerplant: Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Radial engines 1,200 hp each
Armament:
2 50cal Browning Machine Guns in flexible waist positions
2 30cal Browning Machine Guns, one in the nose turret, the other in a rear ventral hatch
Up to 8,000lbs of bombs externally
First Flight: March 20, 1935
Cost: $90,000