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Topic: MovieTone News Report - The Navy Struts Its Stuff (Images long download)
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Snickers
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posted 10-23- 10:38 PM
   
The Department of the Navy today released the first images of the redesigned PBY-5A "Catalina". MovieTone News was honored to be the first to present these images to you. Already Navy squadron VP-11 otherwise known as "Proud Pegasus Squadron" is helping in the final shakedown of this aircraft which promises to be the deadliest ship killer in the US arsenal should war come to the Pacific.Words cannot do justice to the Herculean effort put in by the employees of Consolidated Aircraft after this summers earlier tragedy. So this reporter will stop here and show you what will soon be the latest in the Navy's arsenal of freedom.
(Until the censor releases them for general press, the images can be found at: http://members.nbci.com/butterfield/teampby/images/
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For MovieTone News
This is TGB
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Aladar
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posted 10-23- 10:44 PM
Um... XOOM don't like hyperlinking.  IOW, I can't see the images (BUT I REALLY WANT TO!)IP: Logged |
Razer
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posted 10-24- 12:51 AM
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Eyes
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posted 10-24- 05:03 AM
Thats great feather buddy ! Give to the rest of the Catalina team my congratulations !  ------------------
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ArgonV
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posted 10-24- 06:37 AM
OMG!!!!!!!!!!! Sweet! That my friends is a Catalina.IP: Logged |
Hawk
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posted 10-24- 09:35 AM
Cool! Nice job. Are you going to make the tip floats retract? Also, are you going to use the Wildcat retracts?------------------
Hawk
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wakeup tailgunner
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posted 10-24- 01:25 PM
float tips will retract, with the struts folding up into the wings.....just like a Catalina should!IP: Logged |
Snickers
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posted 10-24- 05:09 PM
In addition to the floats, the wheels will retract the same as the F4F but thats a little lower on the priority list (oh Faaallk...).In addition to that, the blisters will open the same as the original PBY. I won't even go into the loadouts yet. Lets just say they make me  . Hopefully we will have more to show soon, but I felt if I held out any longer I would be hung by the nearest yardarm (do yards have arms? If so, why?). ------------------
Snickers
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Da Jug head
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posted 10-25- 07:41 AM
Hmmm...A black aircraft. You guys been hangin' around area 51 again? You can get shot you know. IP: Logged |
wakeup tailgunner
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posted 10-25- 10:57 AM
Opening blisters......bugger, I knew there was something I was supposed to be doing....
and fix that...er loadout.and the lifting ring....... and the ASW..... and the torpedo / bomb pylons... and the interior
and probably more stuff I can't remember right now! I'm sure Snickers will remind me
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Snickers
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posted 10-25- 11:00 AM
Actually at the moment its a dark green because it hasnt been textured yet. However, the deadliest PBY's were painted black and made night raids on Japanese shipping. They were so quiet that frequently the first the Japanese knew of the attack was when the bombs went off. The "Black Cat" squadrons took the new field of stealth warfare to fantastic heights.Want to know more? Go to http://members.nbci.com/butterfield/teampby
Thanks!
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Snickers
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