Hello members Just before I went on holiday the group reached MESSAGE NUMBER 500. It looks like the PBY e-mail group is here to stay. Thanks too all you group...
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derm barrett
barrettd@...
Aug 11, 1999 11:00 pm
Does anyone know the story behind the attached painting on the cover of Hendrie's book, or the name of the artist. I can't find any reference to it within the...
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papakatz@...
Aug 11, 1999 11:00 pm
Trying to find someone that was in our squadron on the day.Also if any radiomen were stationed at the Comm. Office on Ford Island that day or before, as I was...
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Marc Commandeur
pby@...
Aug 11, 1999 11:00 pm
It has been very busy in my house. Over the last month I had 7 guests. Now my wife is spending a week with her parents to look over some of her old baby stuff....
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James C Sawruk
jsawruk@...
Aug 11, 1999 11:01 pm
Heiji, Any idea how to contact Jack Fellows of the "Cactus Airforce Art Project"? He is apparently planning a painting of a VP-23 PBY taking off during the...
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Marc Commandeur
pby@...
Aug 11, 1999 11:01 pm
Hello everybody, Can anybody shine some light on this (that is, give us some more info): In an article in today's Anchorage Daily News (Monday 9 August 1999)...
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Joshua Westerway
jwesterway@...
Aug 11, 1999 11:01 pm
This is an e-mail as it was explained in the welcoming message. Here it is then, My interest in the PBY (PBY-5 in particular) is that I am making a R/C model ...
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Lou & Marge
loumar@...
Aug 11, 1999 11:01 pm
I am a new member to the group. We live in Reno, Nevada and saw our first PBY (up close) at the Reno Airport several years ago. Needless to say, it was an...
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hkuil@...
Aug 11, 1999 11:22 pm
Hello Jim and members I do not know about the Cactus Airforce Art Project or how to contact Jack Fellows. Maybe one of the members knows something ot search on...
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hkuil@...
Aug 11, 1999 11:22 pm
Hello members It's holiday time, so expect only a few messages. Greetings Heijo...
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hkuil@...
Aug 11, 1999 11:29 pm
Hello members When a Catalina is on the water, which float will normaly be in the water and why????? Greetings, Heijo...
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Ross McEwen
rpm@...
Aug 13, 1999 10:57 pm
Hi Paul: If you are still looking for oil tanks, I know that the Avalon stock that was sent to Germany had two new PBY-5A oil tanks. Perhaps if you contact ...
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Richard M. Douglass
rmdover2u@...
Aug 13, 1999 10:57 pm
Hello Jim, I may be able to get a number for Jack Fellows. I will let you know in the next day or two if successful. Richard Douglass...
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Schie van, Marien
Marien_van_Schie@...
Aug 13, 1999 10:57 pm
Hello, That depends on the way the props turn most of the time the left float, and witch tank is more full than the other. Regards Marien van Schie (ex PH-PBY)...
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frank de lorenzo
frankd@...
Aug 13, 1999 10:57 pm
The downwind one because the wind will lift the upwind wing. If the plane is headed directly into the wind the position of the ailerons will dictate which...
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Bill Kline
bkline@...
Aug 13, 1999 10:57 pm
My interest in PBYs was through duty in VP62, in the Aleutians, winter of 1946. I had some what forgotten about conditions there until I read the book 'The...
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Henry Aries
haries@...
Aug 13, 1999 10:57 pm
Heijo enjoy your Holiday! Great thing going here. Possibly Jim Sawruk or others can help with this query. Just saw article on Super Canso ex pby 5a on pg. 50...
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hkuil@...
Aug 13, 1999 11:19 pm
Hello members. Some information for all: The way Microsoft set up this E-mail system, all e-mail addresses will look a little bit different then they are; the...
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larry &lorene katz
papakatz@...
Aug 16, 1999 10:53 pm
... Paul it is me again, I belong to this group of PBY members from all over the world. The moderator is the one who sent this original message. It has to do...
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James C Sawruk
jsawruk@...
Aug 16, 1999 10:53 pm
Hank, I do not believe that the numbers you mention are from the BuNo. in this case. This became a fairly common practice towards the end of WW II but was not...
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Allan LeBaron
allan_lebaron@...
Aug 16, 1999 10:53 pm
I can't help directly, but during WWII most the Allied countries had artists assigned to the services. Many of their paintings were first displayed in ...
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Allan LeBaron
allan_lebaron@...
Aug 16, 1999 10:53 pm
ADM Moorer told me that, on the afternoon of the 7th, on orders from ComPatWingTWO, he took off from the harbor in a PBY< (I don't know what squadron) with...
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Allan LeBaron
allan_lebaron@...
Aug 16, 1999 10:53 pm
We've all heard of the man who didn't have both oars in the water. So, for the PBY, it must be whether a regular or reserve is piloting.it ...
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Marc Commandeur
pby@...
Aug 16, 1999 10:54 pm
Hello folks, Did everybody see this page: http://members.home.net/vpnavy/Catalina/ And please donate some money (PBY-CIA are supporting) to save this beauty! ...
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David Legg
david_legg@...
Aug 16, 1999 10:54 pm
Joshua re your proposed model PBY, there have been various articles on the subject over the years although I am not sure if this extends to the Antipodes. It ...
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David Legg
david_legg@...
Aug 16, 1999 10:54 pm
Henry re: Bu46633 now VP-BPS I can confirm that Bu46633 was indeed on the strength of VPB23 and I have managed to contact a small number of personnel who flew...
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hkuil@...
Aug 16, 1999 11:41 pm
Hello Derm Barrett and members Too many bounced messages normaly means that your e-mail inbox is full. I say normaly, because sometimes it's the computer...
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hkuil@...
Aug 16, 1999 11:41 pm
Hello David Legg and members Can you tell us more about the restoration of VP-BPS. Specificaly the mechanical status of VP-BPS at the moment. What has been...
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hkuil@...
Aug 16, 1999 11:41 pm
Hello members This is the photo web-site from Paul Chandler of the restoration of VP-BPS: http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=22815&a=167248 Greetings ...
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hkuil@...
Aug 16, 1999 11:57 pm
Hello members I have visited several static outdoor Catalina's. I recently visited the one near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I wonder what is the minimum that has...
