Future PBY Airshow Buddy?

Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:37 am

http://www.aviamonuments.ru/planes/Ross ... aya+obl./7

How cool would it be to obtain one of these! Man it would look cool sitting next to "my" PBY. :lol:

Kinda looks like a Mariner huh?

Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:43 am

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is that real and where is it?!! :shock:

Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:56 am

In the far flung former Soviet Union. ....i think. Its gotta be.

Heres the homepage i found it off of.

http://www.aviamonuments.ru/

Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:04 am

That thing is a rare bird. :shock:

Too bad its not taken care of.

Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:07 am

It's a Beriev Be-6 'Madge', the Russian version of the PBM Mariner. It was later developed into turboprop powered Be-12 which didn't fly until 1960 and was still in service with the Soviet Navy in the late 1980s.

http://avia.russian.ee/air/russia/be-6.php

Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:19 am

Maybe not so rare?

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1 ... id=1151972

Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:29 am

idk...That Be-6 looks totally different then what is shown on the first post. Are sure thats not a real Mariner?

Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:37 am

Pretty sure, though if i had it my way....

I'd restore her to fly (of course) and paint her in an authentic USN paint scheme. Even though not totally the same, does anyone know the significant difference between this Be-6 and the Mariner?

Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:46 am

Nathan, the link I posted is to Be-6's. The third link that WK posted was of Be-12's. The Be-12 is a slightly larger, turboprop powered version of the Be-6. The Be-6 has radials, so if you see one listed as a Be-6 and it's got turboprops, it's actually a Be-12.

Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:51 am

oh ok.

Thanks very much.

I'm not up on my russian aircraft.

Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:52 am

If you look further it says it is a Be-6 (Madge)

More pics.... http://www.aviamonuments.ru/search?airplane=%C1%E5-6

Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:12 am

At least it's conveniently located for everyone to enjoy it. Unlike the B-32 thats on the moon.

Regards,
Mike

Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:20 pm

She has not been doing so good lately. There may be three of these remaining. The shown two in the Soviet republics and another Beriev in China's national museum. As a seaplane guy I wish they had saved a few, as they operated some of the neat ones...

Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:55 pm

Joe Scheil wrote:She has not been doing so good lately. There may be three of these remaining. The shown two in the Soviet republics and another Beriev in China's national museum. As a seaplane guy I wish they had saved a few, as they operated some of the neat ones...

Me thinks that's a different airplane...buzz number 43 vs 01...

But it is sad to see the state of all these Russian "memorials"

Website · Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:14 pm

The landscape looks a little less rural in that one.