Range of Catalina seaplane?

[W. D. Allen Sr.]

What was the range of a WWII Navy Catalina?

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[Boomerang]

PBY-1 2,115 miles/1210 miles with 2000lb bomb load
PBY-2 2,131 miles/1242 miles with bomb load
PBY-3 2,175 miles/1258 with bomb load
PBY-4 2,076 miles/1285 with bomb load

When the fives (-5 and -5A) and the -6 came around, they quoted 2,500 miles
as a patrol range which was pretty close with the dash 92 engines, but a lot
depended on thecfewand ordnance load.

[Peter Stickney]

W. D. Allen Sr. wrote:

> What was the range of a WWII Navy Catalina?

My PBY-6A Standard Aircraft Characteristics gives the following
numbers:
ASW Patrol, with full internal fuel (8,778#) & 4 325# Depth Charges
under the wings: 1705 NMi at 1500'/102 Kts

Bomber, with 4 1,000# bombs under the wings and 6,756# of fuel,
1250 NMi at 1500', 104 Kts.

Search,m with 2 150 U.S. Gallon drop tanks (10,578# of gas)
2075 NMi at 1500', 104 Kts.

--
Pete Stickney
Java Man knew nothing about coffee.

[Matt Richards]

"Peter Stickney" > wrote in message
...
> W. D. Allen Sr. wrote:
>
> > What was the range of a WWII Navy Catalina?
>
> My PBY-6A Standard Aircraft Characteristics gives the following
> numbers:
> ASW Patrol, with full internal fuel (8,778#) & 4 325# Depth Charges
> under the wings: 1705 NMi at 1500'/102 Kts
>
> Bomber, with 4 1,000# bombs under the wings and 6,756# of fuel,
> 1250 NMi at 1500', 104 Kts.
>
> Search,m with 2 150 U.S. Gallon drop tanks (10,578# of gas)
> 2075 NMi at 1500', 104 Kts.
>
> --
> Pete Stickney
> Java Man knew nothing about coffee.

While not Navy, the Qantas "Double Sunrise" Perth-Ceylon PBY flights were
about 3500 miles.

Matt.