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No matter how many - they were MIGHTY those engines!
When I saw the 2 geese in the company logo, I remembered I've seen this "bird" earlier. Below is a photo from my archive (copied from the internet) of two Alaska Coastal Ellis Airlines PBY-5A's (the above one is the second behind):N2763A ALASKA AIRLINES PBY-5A
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D87 - Original B&W 616 Aircraft Negative ALASKA AIRLINES PBY-5A Catalina N2763A | eBay
D87 - Original B&W 616 Aircraft Negative - ALASKA AIRLINES PBY-5A Catalina N2763A taken in 1969. Queen Charlotte Airlines, Vancouver, BC, 1951-1957. Pacific Western Airlines, Vancouver, BC, 1957. Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines, Juneau, AK, 1957-1963.www.ebay.com
This negative is flipped as the anchor cable across the nose should be on the other side as it goes up to the anchor box.Colour PBY-5A Catalina Plane w/ Navy Crew
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1940’s WW2 PBY-5A Catalina Plane w/ Navy Crew - Original Colored Photo Negative | eBay
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Or for people (like me) who cannot see that cable without a x1000 zoom
Only reason I know about the cable is that I have been helping restore a PBY back to WWII config, and had to mount phenolic plates where the cable runs so it doesn't wear through the aircraft skin. The cable is shackled just in front of the nose gear door and runs up to the port side near the nose section so a crew member can open the anchor box and throw out an anchor.Or for people (like me) who cannot see that cable without a x1000 zoom
the oil cooler inlets are on the right side of engines (from pilot's position):
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