Lifelong aviation enthusiast Randy Malmstrom takes a look at the Canadian-Vickers PBV-1A Canso on display at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.

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 ...

In the 1950s, The Landseaire was the ultimate adventure machine, based on the WWII-era PBY Catalina flying boat. It featured beds, bathrooms, kitchens, and deployable boats, making it a long-range ...

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 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — I visited the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach and spoke with museum director Keegan Chetwynd. He told me the story behind one of the more unique-looking aircraft in ...

Click to open image viewer. Radar, twin .50 caliber guns in a power-driven bow turret, tall tail with a taller vertical fin first seen on the PBN-1; outrigger floats from each wingtip, hinged to fold ...