This is weird!

Nathan · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:23 am

Can you find what airplane is in that?

Django · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:30 am

Goose?

Karpis · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:32 am

Looks to me like what's left of a PBY

Paul Krumrei · **Joined:** Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:06 pm **Posts:** 1757

Karpis wrote:

Looks to me like what's left of a PBY

I am thinking PBY too.

HELLDIVERS · **Joined:** Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:38 pm **Posts:** 642

Nathan · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:48 am

It's a PBY alright!!!!!! :shock:

Wish I had a "boat" where all I had to do was drive it right out of the water.

daveymac82c · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:59 am

Yeah, it is definitely a PBY. Apparently there were couple of them turned into funny looking boats in Australia after WWII.

Cheers,

David

ZuluEcho · **Joined:** Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:03 am **Posts:** 115

after staring at it for 5 minutes now i still can't decide whether i like it or not.
it should be flying!! :lol:

i guess its been put to good use..

astixjr · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:29 am

Interesting photo, thanks for posting it. So now I've seen a PBY turned into a boat and I think there is a KC-97 or Stratoliner fuselage that's been turned into a house boat in Florida. My question is, what would a PT boat look like if you had to make it fly? I have seen an airplane that could submerge like a mini sub. I think only the prototype was ever built but it sure was an interesting looking device. I'm not sure if it was a flying mini-sub or a mini-sub that could fly. Has anyone else ever seen this thing in Tucson?

Nathan · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:45 am

I think that house boat was made from a Boeing 307? :?:

rwdfresno · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:47 am

http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=5911

The "Cosmic Muffin" is my favorite of all airplane boats.

Nathan · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:49 am

that 307 is the freakiest thing that has to be a float! :shock:

I know if I saw that thing coming toward me I would jump overboard. :lol:

RUN AWAY, RUN AWAY!!!!!! :shock:

David Legg · **Joined:** Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:07 pm **Posts:** 341

This is, or rather was, PBY-5A Catalina VH-BRI ex-N95R, N10018 and Bu48373. Whilst being operated by Ansett Flying Boat Services, it suffered a heavy water landing and sank Hayman Island, 8/7/1962. It was later acquired by Vic O'Hara of Proserpine and converted to a motor cruiser and was based for some years at Shute Harbour, Queensland. It was named Henrietta Hoh. To the best of my knowledge, it still exists.

krlang · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:41 pm

The Cosmic Muffin!

JDK · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:53 pm

See the recent thread on the Australian Cat for more photos, and the link from there is:
http://www.warbirdz.net/phpBB2/viewtopi ... c&start=21

Also:
http://www.ruudleeuw.com/search113.htm

There's also a Dornier Do-24 nose - cockpit section which was converted to a houseboat. It was seen on the Murray River, for many years, but there's not been a recent sighting. Would like to track that down.

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