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more about #catalina more comments → FTGDWolverineEdition'09: Luxury Planes? American origin? Saudi Arabia? Must have been looking for some oil. more » 62imperialcrown: Unfortunately that plane has deteriorated a lot more since those pictures were taken; it's literally started to fall apart. Here's a translation from ... more » Tanshanomi: "...luxury flying yacht." Kendall was not the only one to have this concept. About 15 years ago, some rich Brit spent about a bizillion dollars conve... more » Number_Six: The Catalina's value to the Allies in WWII was inversely proportionate to its lack of grace and performance. I used to love watching them climb out; y... more » engineerd: The Catalina is a great plane. They were used by every branch of the military throughout WWII and even into the Korean War and beyond. The were used... more » P161911 probably shoudn't have: Too bad that the Catalina is relatively common. If this was one of the rarer warbirds I'm sure someone would be trying to restore it. There have bee... more » beercheck: . [www.artificialowl.net] more » Buickboy92: Hey! I've seen this before on ArtificialOwl too, I wondered if it would ever get to be on Jalopnik! I love this plane. The PBY-5A Catalina is a beauti... more » Elhigh: Nooo! The Cat is such a pretty plane! Somebody buy that poor thing up and fix it. more » Alf, in pog form: OK, someone had to do it.... more » pauljones: Yeah. Israeli insurgents. They're so hardcore, they even bring their kids along with them on their random missions to Saudi Arabia. I wish my parents... more » lilwillie: Great story, nice way to open the week up for "Crash Week". more » Syrax: Too bad here we only have the dead planes of bankrupt airlines. more » UDMan: There is an Airshow near Buffalo, New York that you really can't miss if you're in the area. It is the 1941 Airshow, held in Geneseo, NY. The Museum t... more » Quattro-luvr: Looks like a nice weekend project. About 48 hours of work and that thing will be humming along... All it needs is John Goodman in the pilots seat. more » -
#planelopnik
Abandoned Seaplane At Critical Intersection Of Planelopnik, Crash Week
This seaplane, abandoned for almost fifty years alongside the Gulf of Aqaba in Saudi Arabia, is a PBY-5A Catalina, a military American seaplane from the 1930s, sits at that critical intersection of cool between Planelopnik and Crash Week. More » -
#downonthestreetbonusedition
Sunday DOTS-O-Rama, Tomsk Edition: Wheels For Victory!
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. We're back for more of Tomsk's Orange County photographs! More »
