Building the Impossible: The Insane Engineering of the PBY Catalina

• Jun 21, 2025

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Dronescapes

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Building the Impossible: The Insane Engineering of the PBY Catalina.
Restored and colorized rare footage:

View: https://youtu.be/kC2t6bre4k0

 

• Jun 26, 2025

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Gnomey

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Nice one!

 

• Aug 28, 2025

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• Aug 28, 2025

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Note the red painted beaching gear on this PBY at Corpus Christie.

 

• Aug 28, 2025

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SaparotRob

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That's a first. I've never seen a PBY quite like that.