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Post by harrysone on Mar 17, 2019 13:48:03 GMT 12
On March 14, 1944 Canadian Vickers Canso A RCAF Serial 11054 rolled off the production line in Cartierville, Quebec. The same aircraft alias CF-JCV, C-FJCV, Z-CAT and ZK-PBY has 75 years later & half a world away celebrated its 75 birthday in style. On Saturday, 16th March the Catalina Preservation Society undertook A 'Catalina Cruise' over the Gulf Islands and the Coromandel Peninsula, followed by dinner at Ardmore.  IMG_9478 by Harry Follas, on Flickr  IMG_9481 by Harry Follas, on Flickr  IMG_9368 by Harry Follas, on Flickr  IMG_9418 by Harry Follas, on Flickr  IMG_9425 by Harry Follas, on Flickr  IMG_9499 by Harry Follas, on Flickr |
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Post by suthg on Mar 17, 2019 15:48:44 GMT 12
Great stuff for NZ4017!! Well done. She is gorgeous and stately to fly in. Well done Bret Emeny and team!!
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Post by andrewpit on Jul 14, 2022 13:54:51 GMT 12
I see PBY is for sale and a group is trying to raise funds for a new syndicate,
Hope she stays in NZ.
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Post by Antonio on Jul 14, 2022 14:13:58 GMT 12
Ahhh those rivets. Just like a trusty Airfix kit of yore  |
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Post by davidd on Jul 14, 2022 14:37:59 GMT 12
Some quite good scenery along the way too - Beautiful! One of my late uncles serviced the radio gear on our PBY-5s/PB2B-1s at Laucala Bay in 1946 - somebody had to do it. The main transmitters/receivers in the earlier Cats have been described as "they appear to have been designed for installation in battleships! They were huge, and very heavy, and answered to the name of GO-9, or so I've heard.
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Post by davidd on Jul 14, 2022 14:40:50 GMT 12
And the rivets on Airfix kits of Yore (and some others) were probably ten times the scale size, and even appeared on aircraft that were flush-rivetted in real life! Still, they were easily removed with some gentle file/sandpaper work.
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Post by ZacYates on Jul 14, 2022 14:53:11 GMT 12
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Post by harrysone on Jul 15, 2022 14:27:55 GMT 12
Incidentally, Neil Young (who is trying to organise the new syndicate) is on far left of this photo |
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