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.
Took a ride in one at Taupo in New Zealand and took my ex air force dad along. He'd seen dozens of them serving in the Pacific but had never been for a ride. They did a land and short fast taxi on Lake Taupo before returning to the airport. Pretty cool but I was surprised how much water came into the bilge when it hit the water but it was land based so maybe they didn't worry too much about being completely water tight.
My uncle from NJ was trained to be a PBY mechanic during WW2, interestingly at Boca Raton airport for part of the time - which is now only a few miles away from where I live.
I am pretty sure that many, if not most, downed pilots thought that a PBY Catalina landing near their life raft on the open sea was a God send.
ReplyDeleteanother bird so uglee it's beautiful if not beautimous!
ReplyDeleteI saw one in Breckenridge, Texas airport that had been converted into a flying RV.
ReplyDeleteGreg's Airplanes and Automobiles called it the most underrated US combat aircraft of WW2. You can find it on YouTube.
ReplyDeleteTook a ride in one at Taupo in New Zealand and took my ex air force dad along. He'd seen dozens of them serving in the Pacific but had never been for a ride. They did a land and short fast taxi on Lake Taupo before returning to the airport. Pretty cool but I was surprised how much water came into the bilge when it hit the water but it was land based so maybe they didn't worry too much about being completely water tight.
ReplyDeleteMy uncle from NJ was trained to be a PBY mechanic during WW2, interestingly at Boca Raton airport for part of the time - which is now only a few miles away from where I live.
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