Please read the pinned comment for the short cuts time start !    Beautiful Vintage Catalina flying boat impressive engines starting up sound , takeoff , landing and flypast at Blackbushe 2017 festival of flight. An amphibious aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s She was one of the most widely used seaplanes of World War II. Catalinas served with every branch of the United States Armed Forces and in the air forces and navies of many other nations.During World War II, PBYs were used in anti-submarine warfare, patrol bombing, convoy escorts, search and rescue missions (especially air-sea rescue), and cargo transport. The PBY was the most numerous aircraft of its kind and the last active military PBYs were not retired from service until the 1980s. In 2014, nearly 80 years after its first flight, the aircraft continues to fly as a water bomber (or air tanker) in aerial firefighting operations all over the world. General characteristicsCrew: 10 — pilot, co-pilot, bow turret gunner, flight engineer, radio operator, navigator, radar operator, two waist gunners, ventral gunnerLength: 63 ft 10 7/16 in (19.46 m)Wingspan: 104 ft 0 in (31.70 m)Height: 21 ft 1 in (6.15 m)Wing area: 1,400 ft² (130 m²)Empty weight: 20,910 lb (9,485 kg)Max. takeoff weight: 35,420 lb (16,066 kg)Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0309Drag area: 43.26 ft² (4.02 m²)Aspect ratio: 7.73Powerplant: 2 × Pratt &amp; Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp radial engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW each) eachPerformanceMaximum speed: 196 mph (314 km/h)Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h)Range: 2,520 mi (4,030 km)Service ceiling: 15,800 ft (4,000 m)Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)Wing loading: 25.3 lb/ft² (123.6 kg/m²)Power/mass: 0.034 hp/lb (0.056 kW/kg)Lift-to-drag ratio: 11.9______________________________________________________________________________________________________This video is copyright by TopFelya © All illegal reuploads will be removed