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Similar to the PBY 5 catalina? Just curious as I'm wondering what
the flight conditions would be like in war time...would the envelope
be pushed a bit?


Remember the story about the PBY that picked up folks from Doolittle's raid over Japan? So many of the B-26s ditched and
so many folks needed a ride, that they couldn't take off. Ended up 'taxiing' to safety with folks all over the plane,
some even out on the wings...