A few more PBYs

[Flying Trucker]

Good morning all...

Continuing with the Non Direct Cross Country

Tried a couple of different liveries...

Flight Plan: "VFR"
Departure: Abbotsford (CYXX) British Columbia, Canada
Destination: Campbell River (CAE3) Seaplane Base (SPB) British Columbia, Canada

CANSO in Royal Canadian Air Force Rescue Livery...Pictures #1 & #2




Picture of Starboard Main Gear....Notice these Consolidated PBYs/Catalinas/Cansos had No Flaps...the small window in the pylon just above and forward of the starboard blister is where the Flight Engineer sat, he could only see left or right...this position was eliminated on the Civilian Cansos I flew.
The Canso equipped with port and starboard blisters flew a little faster than the Canso equipped with doors. We used to load/unload everything from 45 Gallon Drums, Equipment, Food etc through these side blisters/doors...a lot of man handling...there were no hard/soft surface runways so the Canso replaced the Douglas DC3 on wheel/skis during the summer months. We called them Pig Boats...


Alaska Coastal Airlines


United States Navy PBY Rescue


Radio/Navigation Compartment of United States Navy PBY Rescue


Cockpit of United States Navy PBY Rescue


Comments and Advice most welcome...

[Shadowcaster]

Evening Doug, another fine set, really like the Alaska Coastal Airlines livery. You may well have seen this video before on the PBY still worth a look, she's a grand old girl.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UITXR_Pzh-c[/youtube]

Cheers
Rich

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks for the Video Rich...think I saw it years ago...

The Old Pig Boat was Slow but she was Steady...

[zswobbie1]

Thank you for the wonderful pictures and story.
Which, if I may ask, PBY is that?

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks for your comment zswobbie1...much appreciated.

These Liveries are for this:

Aircraft: Aerosoft PBY Catalina/Canso PBY-6A "Aus Black Cat"