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U.S. Naval Aircraft |
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Consolidated PBY-5A "Catalina" |
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Amphibious Patrol Bomber by Comsolidated Aircraft
Corporation
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P =
Patrol
B =
Bomber
Y =
Consolidated |
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About the Aircraft |
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The
Consolidated PBY Catalina is a
twin-engine multi-role flying boat
or amphibious aircraft produced by
the US-American manufacturer
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation.
Retractable landing gear on the PBY-5A
made it "amphibious". Previous
versions only had removable landing
gear and were called "flying boats".
It was produced in several
variants by Consolidated, Naval Aircraft
Factory, Canadian Vickers, Boeing Canada and in
Russia. The early produced variants were flying
boats whereas the later variants (like PBY-5As)
were amphibious aircraft with retractable
landing gear. |
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Specifications
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
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Crew of 8 |
Pilot, co-pilot, bow turret gunner,
flight mechanic, radioman,
navigator, 2 waist gunners |
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Propulsion |
2 Radial Piston Engines, 2 row 14
cyl. |
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Engine Model |
Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp |
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Engine Power (ea.) |
1200 hp |
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Max. Cruise Speed |
108 kts / 124 mph |
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Max. Speed (vne) |
170 kts / 96 mph |
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Service Ceiling |
15.800 ft |
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Rate of climb |
1000 ft/min |
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Range |
2.176 NM
/ 2.504 mi. |
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Empty Weight |
20.911 lbs |
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Max. Takeoff Weight |
35.419 lbs |
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Wing Span |
104,0 ft |
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Wing Area |
1400 ft² |
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Length |
63,8 ft |
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Height |
20,2 ft |
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First Flight |
28 March 1935 |
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Production Status |
out of production |
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Production Range |
1936-1945 |
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Total Production |
>4000 |
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ICAO Code |
CAT |
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FAA TCDS |
2-548, AR-22 |
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Data for (Version) |
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
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PBY's retractable wingtip
floats |
PBY's de-icing system
through engine heat exchangers |
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Other Images of PBYs |
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PBY-5A
water landing at full stall |
PBY-5
flying boat leveled water landing |
PBY-5A
inflight with landing gear retracted VP-45 |
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Consolidated Aircraft factory in New Orleans 1944 |
PBY-5As
fresh off factory assembly line 1944 |
PBY-5A
parked on water
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Earlier
PBY-5 variant before retractable landing gear as a
"flying boat" limited its capabilities. Removable
landing gear was attached to bring ashore and
removed when launched |
PBY-5A on
the job at Dutch Harbor, Alaska
Retractable landing gear made newer variant
"amphibious" made it much more versatile |
Operating
out of Attu, Alaska - Novemeber 1943 |
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PBY-5
waist gunner and accessing gun blister |
PBY-5A
VP-61 Aleutian Islands, AK -March 1943
George's
patrol squadron 9 months before arrival |
Close-up
of the nose of a PBY-5 Catalina aircraft being
serviced at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas,
United States, Aug 1942 |
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Cockpit
interior view animated overhead controls for twin
engine's throttle and propeller pitch |
Recent
photo of PBY-5A taxiing |
Cockpit
interior view photograph |
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Other PBY Catalina photos |
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