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Name This...(371)
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 7:46 pm
by Brady
???
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 8:32 pm
by DuckofTindalos
At the risk of repeating myself... you're kidding, right?
Oh well... A Catalina pilot.
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 8:55 pm
by wild_Willie2
mosquito pilot.........
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 9:07 pm
by Gregg
PBY pilot in cockpit.
Gregg
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 3:20 am
by 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
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 9:20 am
by DuckofTindalos
A bit off-topic, but I wonder how many PBY's are still flying?
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 3:08 pm
by rtrapasso
Sam Gamgee, Hobbit pilot? (Well, it looks like the actor that played Sam to me, anyway...[:D])
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 3:12 pm
by Sardaukar
JU-88 pilot ?
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 5:44 pm
by von Murrin
David Heath playing Il-2.[:D]
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 5:45 pm
by PeteG662
A he-woman, man hater ferrying a plane!
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 5:01 am
by Brady
Mosquito, it is[:)]
................
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.
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 8:48 am
by 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
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 10:33 am
by 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 [:)]
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 10:36 am
by Sardaukar
I get a feeling it's a German plane from cockpit window frames...might it be Dornier Do 217 ??
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 1:11 pm
by DuckofTindalos
Brady's already revealed it as a Mosquito.
RE: Name This...(371)
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 1:14 pm
by Sardaukar
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Brady's already revealed it as a Mosquito.
Ooops..[:'(]. Maybe I should pay attention !! [8D]