US Air Force Museum - WWII - Consolidated PBY Catalina
Bill Maloney 1/20/2007 |
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01 Catalina Flying Boat | 02 Catalina Flying Boat | 03 Catalina Gun Blister | 04 Catalina Gun Blister |
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05 Catalina Flying Boat | 06 Ventral Gun Port | 07 Catalina Flying Boat | 08 Catalina Flying Boat |
Consolidated PBY Catalina Variants at other Aviation Museums |
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Another PBY Catalina can be found at the American Air Power Museum in Farmingdale, NY | One more PBY Catalina at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, NY |
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Consolidated PBY Canso at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada | Consolidated PBY Canso at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Length: 63 feet, 10 inches
Wingspan: 104 feet, 0 inch
Height: 20 feet, 1 inches
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