Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina - Duxford Airshow Oct 2010

            Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina at Duxford Airshow October 2010

The Consolidated PBY Catalina was an American flying boat of the 1930s and 1940s produced by Consolidated Aircraft. It was one of the most widely used multi-role aircraft of World War II. PBYs served with every branch of the US military and in the air forces and navies of many other nations. In the United States Army Air Forces and later in the United States Air Force their designation was the OA-10, while Canadian-built PBYs were known as the Canso.

During World War II, PBYs were used in anti-submarine warfare, patrol bombing, convoy escorts, search and rescue missions (especially air-sea rescue), and cargo transport. The PBY was the most successful aircraft of its kind; no other flying boat was produced in greater numbers. The last active military PBYs were not retired from service until the 1980s. Even today, over 70 years after its first flight, the aircraft continues to fly as an airtanker in aerial firefighting operations all over the world.

The initials P.B.Y. were determined in accordance with the U.S. Navy aircraft designation system of 1922; PB representing Patrol Bomber and Y being the code used for the aircraft's manufacturer, Consolidated Aircraft.

Registration: G-PBYA

General characteristics

•Crew: 8 - pilot, co-pilot, bow turret gunner, flight mechanic, radioman, navigator and two waist gunners
•Length: 63 ft 10 7/16 in (19.46 m)
•Wingspan: 104 ft 0 in (31.70 m)
•Height: 21 ft 1 in (6.15 m)
•Wing area: 1,400 ft² (130 m²)
•Empty weight: 20,910 lb (9,485 kg)
•Max takeoff weight: 35,420 lb (16,066 kg)
•Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp radial engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW each) each
•Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0309
•Drag area: 43.26 ft² (4.02 m²)
•Aspect ratio: 7.73

Performance

•Maximum speed: 196 mph (314 km/h)
•Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h)
•Range: 2,520 mi (4,030 km)
•Service ceiling: 15,800 ft (4,000 m)
•Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
•Wing loading: 25.3 lb/ft² (123.6 kg/m²)
•Power/mass: 0.034 hp/lb (0.056 kW/kg)
•Lift-to-drag ratio: 11.9

Armament

•3× 0.30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns (two in nose turret, one in ventral hatch at tail)
•2× 0.50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns (one in each waist blister)
•4,000 lb (1,814 kg) of bombs or depth charges, torpedo racks were also available


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Taken on: October 10, 2010

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