PB4Y-2 At Pensacola NAS

[John Kerr]

Per request from Pogo (see Red Bull P-38 at PNAS) here is a short series of 8 photographs of the PB4Y-2 on display at PNAS. Short history of this acft: It is marked 66304, N2870G, which crashed in 1980. It is mainly aircraft 66261, N7682C, which had been utilitzed by H&P for spare parts for its fleet. 66261 was rebuilt using many parts from 66304 and when completed adopted 66304 as its number. It was flow to the museum in Jan 1983 as N2870G (which was 2nd use of the N number). I will try to put the pictures in logical date order to show different markings, hurrican Ivan damage, repairs, and as she appers today. All photos by me.
1-2 shortly after arrival


3. New paint

4-5 Hurricane Ivan Damage


6. Repairs in Progress

7-8 As she appears now

[RickH]

She was flown from Wyoming to Pensacola gear down,...all the way.

Her engine was torn off during Ivan because some lightbulb decided to tie it down by loopng a chain around the prop! Apparently no one thought to check the NAVAIR for proper heavy weather tiedown procedures.

[cozmo]

I was hoping someone would honor that request, thanks.

Haven't seen it since they repainted it.

[mustangdriver]

I can't wait to see it come indoors. It is one of the aircraft slated to come in when the new building is up. They should be breaking ground very soon on that.

[cozmo]

Oh, do you have any more of NMNA?

Here are mine from a while back:



And the Air Force Armament Museum at Eglin?

[McCollum11]

Here are just a few pictures from when I was stationed at NAS Pcola in late '08.

[TimAPNY]

I can't wait to see it come indoors. It is one of the aircraft slated to come in when the new building is up. They should be breaking ground very soon on that.

I hope some day all (or at least most) of that line gets placed indoors. I can't imagine the climate is doing those aircraft any good. And there are some rare aircraft I'd like to get a chance to walk around at least once, not just look at them through a bus window.

Tim

[mustangdriver]

I can't wait to see it come indoors. It is one of the aircraft slated to come in when the new building is up. They should be breaking ground very soon on that.

I hope some day all (or at least most) of that line gets placed indoors. I can't imagine the climate is doing those aircraft any good. And there are some rare aircraft I'd like to get a chance to walk around at least once, not just look at them through a bus window.

Tim

I think the plan is to get them all in in the new buidings. There are two new ones they are putting up. THey already have the money to fund it, just waiting on the contractor as of May when I was there.

[TimAPNY]

That is great news! I new that was in the plans but I wasn't sure if the funding was there yet.

Tim

[Pogo]

Per request from Pogo (see Red Bull P-38 at PNAS) here is a short series of 8 photographs of the PB4Y-2 on display at PNAS.

Thank you sir, from me and all of us here in LSFM Land. We've got a PB4Y too, y' know. Some assembly required. It's nice to see a whole one all stuck together once in a while.

[F2G_lover]

Here's an album of pictures I took at the museum in September. We ran out of time, so I didn't get a chance to see anything outside. I definitely want to make another trip.

http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/ff18 ... =slideshow

[Django]

Looks great! I'm glad it's a tri-color scheme. It needs a girl on the side though... [cough]LSFM...[/cough]

[Canso42]

As long as were on Navy big iron at P'cola, any of y'all , especially Pogo, got any of the PBY-4 hanging overhead? Thats the only restored straight boat PBY in the world.

[Steve Nelson]

Here's a shot I took during a visit in '04..




And here are a few of the PBY cutaway displayed underneath. Before anyone blows a gasket about chopping up a warbird, this was apparently a training aid put together during the war from a salvaged PBY that was wrecked in P-cola Bay.









SN

[Canso42]

YEAH! GOOD STUFF DUDE! Especially the shots of the cutaway. Quite a few old PBY vets are involved with it and they are always on the lookout for PBY bits to outfit the interior with. I like the shot of nav/radio since my dad was a radioman. Thats the first good illustration I've seen of the plane captain up in the tower, but I dont think my shoulders would fit between the walls.
The cutaway's identity is FP216, an RAF PBY-5B, a lend lease 5A that they took the gear out of and added more fuel capacity.

Good work and thank you for sharing those,
Doug