Was able to do a little bit of work last week. Removed some of the interior angles to gain access to the bulkhead that needs to be repaired. I had Gary remove some rivets from the belly after much practice on parts that were headed to the junkyard. I also spent some time getting our 182 and rv7 in to the new hanger. Along with all the junk we managed to build up over the years. Five truck loads to the dump. Now I am back in Arlington Washington to work on the two jets. I did have some time to kill last night so I walked out on the ramp and took pictures of another PBY that I don't know much about. It has the old tail, looks like it has the bigger engines?, a little different nose, hardly any windows but it did have the old style blisters. The leading edge of the blisters look like they have been repaired with composite work.
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Hi!
ReplyDeleteFrom World Catalina News - February 2007 regarding N85U:
"To the best of my knowledge, there is now only one active Catalina water bomber in North America and, indeed, it may now be the only one in the world although others are still equipped with tanks. The solitary bomber is PBY-6A N85U and it was involved in fighting a conflagration at Bisbee Mountain near the Columbia River’s Kettle Falls in Washington State as recently as last September. N85U is operated by Flying Fireman Inc."
Keep the good work up! Looking forward to see more on you progress with N5PY :D