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29 May 2013, 07:05
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strong A-frame
am i really dragging a sea plane??
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29 May 2013, 07:49
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
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am i really dragging a sea plane??
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Nope..it's a flyingboat....
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29 May 2013, 08:20
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Country: Ireland
Town: Castlebar
Boat name: Clewless
Make: Valiant DR 490
Length: 4m +
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Is that a PBY?
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29 May 2013, 09:07
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Looks like it. It's beautiful!
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29 May 2013, 11:18
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yep. it is a Consolidated PBY-5A "Catalina" from 1941.
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29 May 2013, 11:19
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one more pic.
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29 May 2013, 11:34
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Country: UK - England
Town: New Milton
Boat name: Jianna
Make: Osprey
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Why are the wheels down? Is it an air worthy example?
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29 May 2013, 12:02
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Town: Rutland
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Why are the wheels down? Is it an air worthy example?
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It's landed 
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30 May 2013, 07:41
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he uses his wheels to be more steady in the water. i think this Catalina is the best preserved one in Europe.
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30 May 2013, 07:43
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i could chase it till he got loose from the water at 95km/h
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30 May 2013, 07:49
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
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My grandfather flew them extensively for Coastal Command in WW2.
He used to go nuts if people called them seaplanes - always should be called a flying boat (The hull/ fuselage sits in the water - a sea plane has floats to keep the fuselage clear of the water)
As you say amazing bits of kit, huge lumbering things that fly so slowly for their size with amazing endurance. Not the 'prettiest' but built for the job they did.
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30 May 2013, 08:42
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Country: UK - England
Town: yorkshire
Boat name: little vicky
Make: avon ex RNLI
Length: 3m +
Engine: tohatsu
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Once dived on a sunken Catalina in the early 1980s off Cumbrea one of the small islands in the Clyde .
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30 May 2013, 10:53
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[QUOTE=PeterM;541935]My grandfather flew them extensively for Coastal Command in WW2.
He used to go nuts if people called them seaplanes - always should be called a flying boat (The hull/ fuselage sits in the water - a sea plane has floats to keep the fuselage clear of the water)
seaplane, flying boat.... hello i'm just a stupid dutchmen.
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30 May 2013, 10:56
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
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Just me being a nerd. Nothing meant. You've an awesome boat to tow one with...and clearly appreciate good 'stuff'.
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29 June 2013, 20:39
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Bumped into a bit of an unfortunate Flying Boat today in the hills nearby...
Sunderland DW 110, while returning to it's base in Northern Ireland from anti submarine patrol over the North Atlantic on 31 January 1944, was too low and flew into the side of a hill at around 675m. One crewman survived to walk off the hill - his seven comrades were lost.
To the end To the end They Remain.
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29 June 2013, 21:13
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Bumped into a bit of an unfortunate Flying Boat today in the hills nearby...
Sunderland DW 110, while returning to it's base in Northern Ireland from anti submarine patrol over the North Atlantic on 31 January 1944, was too low and flew into the side of a hill at around 675m. One crewman survived to walk off the hill - his seven comrades were lost.
To the end To the end They Remain.
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If I were him, I would have taken the backpack full of supplies and the walking sticks to help me down the hill
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29 June 2013, 23:43
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Aberdeenshire
Boat name: Sula
Make: Ribcraft 4.8m
Length: 4m +
Engine: Tohatsu 70hp + aux
MMSI: 235087213
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Bumped into a bit of an unfortunate Flying Boat today in the hills nearby...
Sunderland DW 110, while returning to it's base in Northern Ireland from anti submarine patrol over the North Atlantic on 31 January 1944, was too low and flew into the side of a hill at around 675m. One crewman survived to walk off the hill - his seven comrades were lost.
To the end To the end They Remain.
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Fantastic pictures Xcraft.
Fairly comprehensive site here willk for Scotland. Have visited a few including Fairey Swordfish at Glen Callater.
http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/
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30 June 2013, 07:46
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Quote:
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Bumped into a bit of an unfortunate Flying Boat today in the hills nearby...
Sunderland DW 110, while returning to it's base in Northern Ireland from anti submarine patrol over the North Atlantic on 31 January 1944, was too low and flew into the side of a hill at around 675m. One crewman survived to walk off the hill - his seven comrades were lost.
To the end To the end They Remain.
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Very chilling stuff, imagine the nerve it took to fly in full fog knowing it was touch and go with your altitude, in hilly country. Hat's off to the boys. And they mostly were just that.
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30 June 2013, 07:50
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Quote:
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i could chase it till he got loose from the water at 95km/h
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Bl**dy hell, we let a goose get away from us the other day!
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12 July 2013, 20:49
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Saw this little lady today.
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