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February 20th 08, 12:03 AM
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Seaplane Landing Direction ?
"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message .. . "Blueskies" wrote in : wrote in message . .. 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... No Catalinas picked up anyone from Doolittle's raid. And they flew B-25's Bertie Yes, B-25s...and I don't know where I got that PBY story, but it happened somewhere in WWII...Maybe Kontiki's account is the beginning of it... 
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February 20th 08, 01:03 AM
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"Blueskies" wrote: 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... No Catalinas picked up anyone from Doolittle's raid. And they flew B-25's Bertie Yes, B-25s...and I don't know where I got that PBY story, but it happened somewhere in WWII...Maybe Kontiki's account is the beginning of it... Not a PBY, but I saw a photo of a Kingfisher that rescued a PBY crew and couldn't take off. They were picked up by Tang off of Truk. Here's the page with the photo (search for "Kingfisher") http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08306.htm or here directly to skip past the caption http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0830603.jpg. Mike Beede
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February 20th 08, 02:07 AM
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Yes, B-25s...and I don't know where I got that PBY story, but it happened somewhere in WWII...Maybe Kontiki's account is the beginning of it... Maybe you're thinking of the rescue of the USS Indianapolis's crew.... -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
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February 22nd 08, 07:30 AM
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Seaplane Landing Direction ?
"Blueskies" wrote in
et: "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message .. . "Blueskies" wrote in : wrote in message news:44c498cc-452f-4804-a667-a1556c536eb4 @o10g2000hsf.googlegroups.co m. .. 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... No Catalinas picked up anyone from Doolittle's raid. And they flew B-25's Bertie Yes, B-25s...and I don't know where I got that PBY story, but it happened somewhere in WWII...Maybe Kontiki's account is the beginning of it... Oh I'm sure there's lots of them. But those B-25s were flying off the edge of the earth, basically. If you want a good read, read "Thirty seconds over Tokyo". It's an absolutely fantastic story. And now you've got me thinking I'd like to read a bit about Catalina operations.
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February 23rd 08, 05:29 PM
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Seaplane Landing Direction ?
"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message .. . "Blueskies" wrote in et: "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message .. . "Blueskies" wrote in : wrote in message news:44c498cc-452f-4804-a667-a1556c536eb4 @o10g2000hsf.googlegroups.co m. .. 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... No Catalinas picked up anyone from Doolittle's raid. And they flew B-25's Bertie Yes, B-25s...and I don't know where I got that PBY story, but it happened somewhere in WWII...Maybe Kontiki's account is the beginning of it... Oh I'm sure there's lots of them. But those B-25s were flying off the edge of the earth, basically. If you want a good read, read "Thirty seconds over Tokyo". It's an absolutely fantastic story. And now you've got me thinking I'd like to read a bit about Catalina operations. I pulled "Thirty seconds over Tokyo" off the library shelf back in 6th grade or so. Yes, very interesting story....
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