Talk:PBY Catalina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MILHIST This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.
B This article has been rated as B-Class on the quality scale.
AVIATION This article is within the scope of the Aviation WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see lists of open tasks and task forces. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.
Aviation Portal
B This article has been rated as B-Class on the quality scale.

Contents

[edit] Units flying PBY Catalinas

I'm going to remove this section because I don't think we can ever realistically fill it out. Cats saw service with over a dozen countries and every US branch of service. Please drop me a line or comment here if you disagree. Fernando Rizo T/C 22:59, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

For comparison the Liberator has a squadron listing. GraemeLeggett 10:12, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pre-Featured Article Nomination To Do List

Fellow editors, please add to this section whatever you see fit to add, and strikethrough items when they are completed to your satisfaction. --Fernando Rizo T/C 04:23, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

  1. Re-write Production and distribution to the Allies section
  2. Finish fleshing out Roles in World War II section
  3. Finish fleshing out Employment in peacetime
  4. Reach concensus on inclusion of squadron lists
  5. Cite and footnote EVERYTHING
  6. Optimize layout so that whitespace is minimized while maintaining the article's photos
  7. Potentially swap order of 'roles' and 'distribution' sections - it makes more sense to describe the aircraft, then who used it, rather than the other way round.
  8. Discuss variants - OA-10 in particular
  9. Rearrange / add images, based on variant or time period being discussed


Potentially swap order of 'roles' and 'distribution' sections - it makes more sense to describe the aircraft, then who used it, rather than the other way round. -Agreed. Fernando Rizo T/C 21:40, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Oops. User:64.163.30.128 is me, BTW. Fernando Rizo T/C 03:15, 4 August 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Additional picture if needed

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:PBYCatalina-byAndreasHarz.jpg --Mkrefft (de)

[edit] Jacques Cousteau

The oceanographer Jacques Cousteau used a Catalina in his exploration work. It was called the Catalina, just as his research ship was. This definitely belongs in the article. Can someone add it? I actually built a plastic model of the Calypso aircraft when I was a kid.

[edit] Dead link

During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!

maru (talk) contribs 00:19, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The PBY in fiction

The episode The Long Patrol of Battlestar Galactica used the cockpit section of a PBY, from the base of the wing pylon forward to about halfway between the base of the windscreen and end of the nose, as the cockpit area of the cargo ship owned by the character named Robber.

Got any more cool or odd uses of all or part of a PBY?

[edit] Suggested addition to peacetime use

The Falkland Islands Dependencies Air Survey Expedition (1955-1957) used Canso aircraft in acquiring aerial photography of much of the Antarctic Peninsula north of approximately 68° South The flights did not extend far south of Adelaide Island on the west coast; they extended less far south on the east coast - don't have the exact coverage to hand at present. This aerial photography is of great use today in determining the extent to which glaciers have retreated in the last 50 years (see this Science article).The Catalinas were operated from the sheltered waters of Port Foster, Deception Island, and their long range made them admirably suited to the task. If a citation is required I can find one (e.g. this one about Falklands Islands stamps), but I am probably a sufficiently authoritative person - see my personal profile. If I don't see any objections in the next few days, I'll add it to the main text. --APRCooper 20:07, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Someone should probably expand the civil use section - the French Costeau connection mentioned above, the pioneering flights to isolated bits of the pacific by TEAL's ZK-AMP and the Australian "Frigate Bird' may be worth a mention, not to mention more on Fire bombing. Also the post war use by non-western countries - particularly latin america - hasn't really been covered. Unfortunately i'm not the expert either. Winstonwolfe 02:21, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I added a bit about how China Airlines was founded by 2 PBY Catalinas. -- Kschang77 01:52, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Catalina

Just noticed that this article has been moved from PBY Catalina with the reason that it was just the British name - this wasnt discussed first reference I have gives the official United States Navy name as PBY Catalina. MilborneOne (talk) 23:33, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

And even if originally bestowed by the British, was adopted by the USN. See these hits from the USN historical center.--Rlandmann (talk) 00:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] PBY

I can't find anything about what the letters PBY means. I'm I just stupid or... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.253.253.250 (talk) 12:50, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

"PB" stands for "Patrol Bomber", and "Y" is the code for "Consolidated AIrcraft". See 1922 United States Navy aircraft designation system for further explanation on how the system works. - BillCJ (talk) 18:44, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
I came here to ask the same thing. As people are asking, maybe this information could be incorporated into the introductory paragraph of the article? Some readers might not think to look on the talk page. 86.136.31.176 (talk) 07:52, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
I've been bold and added it. 86.136.31.176 (talk) 08:32, 16 May 2008 (UTC)