Care must be taken in preserving this piece of Oak Harbor’s history.
Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum’s World War II-era PBY-5A Catalina took flight for the last time in a uniquely Whidbey spectacle. Airlifted by a Washington Army National Guard ...
A story, years in the making, came to an end for the city of Oak Harbor when a CH-47 Chinook air crew from the Washington ...
Before and after Dec. 7, 1941, the frequent appearance of big PBY Catalina flying boats skimming the wavetops in Pearl Harbor and Kaneohe Bay would have been an eye-catching sight. A PBY-5A Catalina ...
A PBY-5A recently acquired by the PBY Memorial Foundation was dedicated Saturday to Norwood Cole, a longtime Skagit County resident who flew this PBY-5A in World War II. Norwood Cole's wife, Phillis, ...
There was a festive atmosphere at NAS Jacksonville Heritage Park April 6 as hundreds of Sailors, civilians and retirees gathered to dedicate the refurbished PBY-5A Catalina patrol plane (Bureau Number ...
Coy Pfaff’s graceful 1943 PBY Catalina has been flying for at least the past three days from Honolulu airport to Kaneohe Bay, taking military, VIPs and media out to demonstrate the unique capabilities ...
Joseph Jennings dedicated much of his 100 years on the planet to public service. He served in the Navy in World War II – as a radioman on a PBY 5A Catalina seaplane that sank a German submarine off ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Radar, twin .50 caliber guns in a ...
FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, A BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AIRPORT THAT SAW ITS GLORY DAYS in the 1930s, is now virtually abandoned save for a buzz of activity in Hangar B, where volunteers for the Historic Aircraft ...
The feathers of one of Oak Harbor’s most beloved birds were significantly brightened this week. “Gerral’s Girl,” the affectionately named PBY-5A Catalina flying boat that returned to the Sea Plane ...