The Army National Guard finally approved the Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum’s PBY-5A Catalina seaplane’s airlift to the ...

The PBY Catalina flying boat was one of the most iconic Allied aircraft of World War II. PBY Catalinas were used to patrol coastlines, hunt enemy warships, and rescue sailors and aircrews. Now a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Radar, twin .50 caliber guns in a ...

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 ...

The Superior based Lake Superior Squadron is participating in a worldwide fundraising effort to support its ongoing PBY Catalina restoration project. Every year, the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) ...

Flying boats opened up travel destinations around the world—then they went to war Dave Kindy A Sikorsky S-43 banks near Galveston, Texas, in 1993. Nicknamed the “baby clipper,” it was a smaller ...

1800 - During the Quasi-War with France, the schooner, USS Experiment, commanded by Lt. Charles Stewart, captures the French privateer Deux Amix off Barbuda, West Indies. 1814 - The sloop-of-war, USS ...