And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Maybe change it to "floating plane"? Didn't it take about a mile of run to get out of the water? I remember reading somewhere that it took a long time to get off the step and in the air....
That is a PBY 5-A. It is amphibious. Wheels cank down from the sides of the fuselage for ground landings. The addition of ground gear made a great aircraft mediocre. It used up useful load.
An Albert makes a far better flying camper than a PBY. There is one just down the road from me but it hasn't flown in over 4 years and it is still maintained. The inside looks like a fancy motor-home.She is owned by Julie Fetcko. Go here http://www.albatrosslady.com/
the french registered pby-5a i have seen had a pair of IO-700s and four blade props mounted on the outboard wing panel foward of the ailerons to increase roll control at low speed. bit of ingeniousness going on. roll controll and pitch control was poor at very low airspeeds. aerodynamic "hook" you couldn't accelerate out of below vmc which was at some loadings above stall speed. if memory serves, crashed anyway.
Actually, that's not a "float plane." That PBY is a "Flying boat." Big difference.
ReplyDeleteMaybe change it to "floating plane"? Didn't it take about a mile of run to get out of the water? I remember reading somewhere that it took a long time to get off the step and in the air....
ReplyDeleteThat is a PBY 5-A. It is amphibious. Wheels cank down from the sides of the fuselage for ground landings. The addition of ground gear made a great aircraft mediocre. It used up useful load.
ReplyDeleteOr for taxiing out of the water.
DeleteA wonderful live-aboard.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to read an insanely good book about PBY Catalinas in the Pacific,
ReplyDeletehttps://www.biblio.com/frigate-bird-by-taylor-g-p/work/538863
A preview: http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Taylor%20Chile%20flight%20crew.htm
The author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Taylor_(aviator)
Thanks, Don, I ordered it. It'll be great winter time reading!
DeleteAn Albert makes a far better flying camper than a PBY. There is one just down the road from me but it hasn't flown in over 4 years and it is still maintained. The inside looks like a fancy motor-home.She is owned by Julie Fetcko. Go here http://www.albatrosslady.com/
ReplyDeletethe french registered pby-5a i have seen had a pair of IO-700s and four blade props mounted on the outboard wing panel foward of the ailerons to increase roll control at low speed. bit of ingeniousness going on. roll controll and pitch control was poor at very low airspeeds. aerodynamic "hook" you couldn't accelerate out of below vmc which was at some loadings above stall speed.
ReplyDeleteif memory serves, crashed anyway.