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Consolidated PBY Catalina
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Read on Wikipedia- First flight1935
- IntroductionOctober 1936, United States Navy
- StatusRetired
- Number built4,051 ca.
Specifications
01
Crew & dimensions
- Crew
- 8 — pilot, co-pilot, bow turret gunner, flight mechanic, radioman, navigator and two waist gunners
- Length
- 63 ft 10 in
- Wingspan
- 104 ft
- Height
- 21 ft 1 in
02
Performance
- Maximum speed
- 196 mph
- Range
- 2,520 mi
- Service ceiling
- 15,800 ft
03
Powerplant
- Powerplant
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines (1,200 hp)
04
Armament
- Armament
- Guns: :* 3 ×.30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns (two in nose turret, one in ventral hatch at tail), :* 2 ×.50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns (one in each waist blister); Bombs: 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) of bombs or depth charges under the wings; torpedo racks were also available
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