The American Heritage Museum's historic PBY-5A Catalina has returned to flight following an extensive restoration by American Aero Services, led by Casey Littrell.

The Museum of Flight's Jet Blast Bash returns Aug. 1-2 with Blue Angels flightline views, a rare PBY Catalina, live entertainment, family activities, and Seafair excitement.

Click to open image viewer. Radar, twin .50 caliber guns in a power-driven bow turret, tall tail with a taller vertical fin first seen on the PBN-1; outrigger floats from each wingtip, hinged to fold ...

Before and after Dec. 7, 1941, the frequent appearance of big PBY Catalina flying boats skimming the wavetops in Pearl Harbor and Kaneohe Bay would have been an eye-catching sight. A PBY-5A Catalina ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — I visited the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach and spoke with museum director Keegan Chetwynd. He told me the story behind one of the more unique-looking aircraft in ...