Name This...(371)

[Brady]

???

[DuckofTindalos]

At the risk of repeating myself... you're kidding, right?

Oh well... A Catalina pilot.

[wild_Willie2]

mosquito pilot.........

[Gregg]

PBY pilot in cockpit.
Gregg

[PBYPilot]

Sorry, boys.

Definitely not a PBY. (And I should know. [;)]) Lacks overhead engine controls, and cross cockpit yoke beam.

Almost certainly a Mossie. A FB model to be precise, because of the spade style joystick instead of the yoke found in the bomber models.

Kudo's to wild_Willie2!

Michael

[DuckofTindalos]

A bit off-topic, but I wonder how many PBY's are still flying?

[rtrapasso]

Sam Gamgee, Hobbit pilot? (Well, it looks like the actor that played Sam to me, anyway...[:D])

[Sardaukar]

JU-88 pilot ?

[von Murrin]

David Heath playing Il-2.[:D]

[PeteG662]

A he-woman, man hater ferrying a plane!

[Brady]

Mosquito, it is[:)]


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Their is a PBY (or was) in the air Museum in Tilamook Or. Suposadly in Flying condation, and I have sean them in the Air from time time in the NW over the years, though it is a rare sight to be shure.

[PBYPilot]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

A bit off-topic, but I wonder how many PBY's are still flying?

The FAA database shows 46 PBY's registered in the US, of which perhaps half seem to be airworthy.

Of course, there are a fair number operating in foreign countries. Canada would probably be near the top of that group.

I think it will be a long time before there are no PBY's flying.

Michael

[DuckofTindalos]

Yeah, they're very long-lived airplanes. The Danish Air Force used PBY's until the late 1970's.

But then, there's still more than a few Dakota's flying as well [:)]

[Sardaukar]

I get a feeling it's a German plane from cockpit window frames...might it be Dornier Do 217 ??

[DuckofTindalos]

Brady's already revealed it as a Mosquito.

[Sardaukar]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Brady's already revealed it as a Mosquito.

Ooops..[:'(]. Maybe I should pay attention !! [8D]