PBY equiped with Dingy and Jeep?

[Ethan]

Where is it at now ?

[Jack Cook]

20 miles north of me in Aurora owned by Ron Ruble.

[Warbird Kid]

Any chance he would want to disassemble and transport it to Connecticut for free?

[jreichle]

There was also a Grumman HU-16 Albatross at Oshkosh in the 90's that had a small boat mounted under the right wing, that was flared over.

That might have been N291TC with Jetskis under the wings as seen here:

http://www.hu-16.com/photos/173-002.jpg

Joerg

[Fouga23]

That might have been N291TC with Jetskis under the wings as seen here:

http://www.hu-16.com/photos/173-002.jpg

Joerg

[Garth]

Think I may have found it (posted on Hyperscale):

http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/05e46b4c3528fe34_large

More pictures here:

http://images.google.com/images?sa=4&im ... rce%3Alife

No Jeep, but the photog clearly had an, er, "professional" interest in the young blonde woman ...

[David Legg]

Great shots aren't they. The photos show the various features mentioned in my post of 29th January (no bow turret, horn-balanced rudder, one clear blister and one with integral opening hatch) but the airstair is just a free-standing ladder and not the full-blown hinged integral version used on later some conversions. The aircraft shown is PBY-5A N69043 c/n 1599 ex-BuAer34045 and it ended up in Brazil as PP-AXX and crashed on landing near Ubatuba, Sao Paulo on July 5th 1953.

[Jerry O'Neill]

Chris;
I don't think the PBY you are thinking about was the "Innovater".
At one point in it's career, before it was acquired by the CAF and then Gary Austin, that PBY had nicely, aerodynamically secured, boats beneath both wings. It was panted over all white with blue and red trim and had a seagull painted on the nose.
I last saw it at the 1975 P&W 50th Anniversary Display in East Hartford.
Jerry

[daveymac82c]

Those are some really awesome images. Thank you for posting the link.

It's nice to see an old workhorse getting some vacation time!

Peace,

David

[Fouga23]

Seeing those Life pictures really makes me want to get one of those

[Garth]

Seeing those Life pictures really makes me want to get one of those

The PBY ... or the blonde?



Or maybe the blonde comes with the PBY ...

[Fouga23]

The PBY ... or the blonde?



Or maybe the blonde comes with the PBY ...

Both

[Warbird Kid]

This is more of a hypothetical structural question that I was wondering about if I were to try and make the PBY of my dreams. Any of you who may know please chime in.

Would or could you widen the tower of a Pby to include a bunk bed (essentially the master bedroom) adorned with a glass blister on the top? Could this be feasible (with of course plenty of reengineering and money) or is this probably not a good idea altering the design of the aircraft?

Anyone have a detailed layout of the tower with the fuel, electrical lines, etc.? I'd be appreciative to see it.

[tom d. friedman]

those pby guys must have had early subscriptions to playboy magazine!!

[Holedigger]

The "Tower" is NOT a spacious thing. I would think making it bigger would create a host of problems. More weight, more drag, less wing area, so less lift. Not sure what it would do to power as it would mess with airflow on the inboard side of the engines. Here is a link to the cut-away PBY, it has a pic of the tower.
http://home.earthlink.net/~cutawaypby/