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Old 12th Jul 2006, 12:07
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PBY Airborne today 12:35

Travelling East to West High Wycombe towards Benson, 3000'. around 12:35

Looked like a great white goose

I last saw a white Geo-phys PBY on the Pan in Capetown 30 years ago, could this be the same one ?

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Old 12th Jul 2006, 12:14
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Plane Sailing's G-PBYA... G-INFO

Pic shows it in its fire fighting scheme - it's now resplendent in an overall white USN scheme.

Dutch Cat PH-PBA was also flying at Legends over the weekend.
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Old 12th Jul 2006, 13:15
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In bound to Farnborough. Landed about 1245
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If it flies at Farnborough you can forget all the modern junk - this is a real plane. Some shots I took of the Catalinas at Duxford can be seen at these links:

http://www.brendan-mccartney.fotopic.net/p31480747.html

http://www.brendan-mccartney.fotopic.net/p31474606.html

http://www.brendan-mccartney.fotopic.net/p31507591.html

http://www.brendan-mccartney.fotopic.net/p31507594.html

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Thanks ever so much for those pics.

Reassuring to see that somewhere someone have found the effort and time to restore these special birds.

History, if ever!
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