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Santa Catalina, one of California’s Channel Islands, lies southwest of Los Angeles. It is known for its wildlife, dive sites and Mt. Orizaba, its highest peak. The resort town of Two Harbors lies to the north. To the south, in the city of Avalon, palm trees and cabanas line Descanso Beach. Avalon’s circular, art deco Catalina Casino is a cultural center with a movie theater, ballroom and museum.
Santa Catalina Island, often called Catalina Island, or just Catalina, is a rocky island off the coast of the U.S. state of California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina. The island is 22 miles (35 km) long and 8 miles (13 km) across at its greatest width. The island is located about 22 miles (35 km) south-southwest of Los Angeles, California. The highest point on the island is 2,097 feet (639 m).
The Catalina popped over to Old Warden from Duxford for a quick display .
Maritime aircraft play an understated - yet hugely important - role during World War 2 where their long range capabilities were put to good use. Flying boats came to pass as a peacetime development, the earliest forms appearing prior to World War 1 (1914-1918) and this allowed their use as military platforms during the war proper. Their continued evolution, with appropriate tactics and doctrine soon fleshed out, led to ever-more impressive designs soon taking shape - particularly those designs emerging from Britain and the United States. With the arrival of the Second World War, the role of the flying boat was broadened considerably and now included overwater patrolling, reconnaissance, Search and Rescue (SAR), submarine hunting, and anti-shipping service carrying varied ordnance such as bombs, torpedoes and mines.
The PBY Catalina series became one of the more important of the American flying boats to see service in World War 2. The aircraft was designed, developed, and produced under the Consolidated Aircraft Company brand label in the United States and soon appeared as local, licensed products in other countries. Its reach also benefited through the Lend-Lease initiative which ensured the aircraft was stocked in foreign inventories during the war.
At its core, the PBY Catalina was a high-winged, twin-engined aircraft, classified as a flying boat for its boat-like/aircraft-like qualities allowingit to land on water or a prepared runway. The Catalina was crewed by seven to nine personnel that included pilots, engineers, bombardiers, and machine gunners - the total crew complement varied by variant. In prototype form, the PBY first flew on March 28, 1935 and beat out a competing Douglas Aircraft product in competition. Production models were accepted as "PBY-1" in October of 1936 (with the USN).
The wartime period would see a variety of engines fitted, revision of the defensive and offensive armament, and ever-expanding roles for the aircraft line. Tricycle landing gear tests on late PBY-4s would yield the truly amphibious PBY-5 and PBY-5A series models. Production of the PBY series would be undertaken by Consolidated in the United States, Canadian Vickers and Boeing of Canada in Canada (620 examples), and state factories in the Soviet Union (24 examples) under the Lend-Lease Act. In all, 3,305 PBY Catalina-based systems would be produced with 2,661 coming from American factories alone. The Soviets designated their Catalinas as "GST" (PBY-5) while Britain used the "Catalina Mk" identifier from marks I to VI.
The flying boats would go on to serve a critical role int he war particularly as the war was fought over such varied terrain types including long stretches of ocean and sea. Catalinas were in service until 1979 before being retired by the Brazilian Navy. French Catalinas were in operational service in Indochina for a time. Other operators included Australia, Chile, and Taiwan.
Many went on to have post-war careers in both military and civilian service. Still others soldiered on as fire-fighting platforms.
The PBY-5A featured a crew of ten. Its power came from 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 "Twin Wasp" radial piston engines outputting at 1,200 horsepower each. The engines were fitted along the wing leading edges which allowed for clearance against the punishing salty sea air. Performance included a maximum speed of 195 miles per hour, a cruise speed of 125 mph, a range out to 2,520 miles, a service ceiling of 15,800 feet, and a rate-of-climb of 1,000 feet per minute. Standard armament were 3 x 0.30 caliber machine guns (two fitted at the nose and the third at a ventral tail position) and 2 x 0.50 caliber heavy machine guns (one at each beam position). Bomb load was up to 4,000 lb of stores - conventional drop bombs, torpedoes, or depth charges being typical.
with thanks to , militaryfactory.com
This generation of the full-size Catalina models from Pontiac was built for the 1965 to 1970 model years. This coupé has a 6.6 litre (400 cubic inch) V8 engine.
Avalon harbor, Santa Catalina Island, California...
For more beautiful scenes from this enchanting island, watch my YouTube "From Marina del Rey to Santa Catalina Island"
A Consolidated PBY Catalina making a majestic pass overhead. Still impressive decades on, this flying boat’s broad wingspan and distinctive profile never fail to draw the eye.
You'll see the extraordinary Art Deco murals and a classic 1929 pipe organ inside the Avalon Theater, which still shows movies on its massive screen. Then you’ll continue up to the beautiful, world-famous Casino Ballroom, a masterpiece of design and a long-standing venue for the world’s best musical performers and big bands.
The Catalina Casino gets its name from the Italian language, where “casino” means a gathering place. There is no gambling at this facility. Rather, the massive twelve-story building is divided into a spectacular grand ballroom and movie theater.
Facing Catalina Island (22 miles offshore) from Laguna Beach, California. Considering the fact that I can see the Pacific, from my upstairs windows, one would think I would spend more time and effort on beach and ocean photos. Nope, spend all that time chasing birds :)
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El Monasterio de Santa Catalina de Siena, o Convento de Santa Catalina, es un complejo turístico religioso ubicado en el centro histórico de Arequipa. Fundado el 10 de septiembre de 1579 y ubicado en una zona que destaca por su belleza natural, clima acogedor y que dispone de un gran material con el cual se construye y se sigue haciendo la arquitectura de esta ciudad, el sillar. En el monasterio existen dos tipos, el sillar blanco, que proviene del volcán Chachani, y el rosado del Misti, este último emblema de la ciudad.
La ciudadela ocupa un terreno de 20.000 metros cuadrados y está absolutamente aislada de la ciudad, a pesar de que se ubica en el corazón de ésta. Un gran y sólido muro de 4 metros de altura aislaba la vida de las mujeres que habitaban el monasterio.
The Monastery of Santa Catalina de Siena, or Convento de Santa Catalina, is a religious tourist complex located in the historic center of Arequipa. Founded on September 10, 1579 and located in an area that stands out for its natural beauty, welcoming climate and that has a great material with which the architecture of this city is built and continues to be made, ashlar. In the monastery there are two types, the white ashlar, which comes from the Chachani volcano, and the pink Misti one, the latter emblem of the city.
The citadel occupies an area of 20,000 square meters and is absolutely isolated from the city, despite the fact that it is located in the heart of it. A large, solid wall 4 meters high isolated the lives of the women who lived in the monastery.
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An early evening visit to North Weald back in 1989 produced this Catalina N212DM which was present at the airfield for many years.
It later entered the UK civil register as G-BPFY and when I photographed it was in the hands of Aces High. It was later sold to Doug Arnold, and later found its way to Israel and is now on display at the IDFAF museum in Hatzerim.
The original plan was to fly the Cat to Israel, but it only got as far as Beauvais, France. After some delay, it made its onward journey by truck and boat.
North Weald, Essex
12th May 1989
Pentax MX, Kodachrome
19890512 341xx N212DM clean std
Santa Catalina, one of California’s Channel Islands, lies southwest of Los Angeles. It is known for its wildlife, dive sites and Mt. Orizaba, its highest peak. The resort town of Two Harbors lies to the north. To the south, in the city of Avalon, palm trees and cabanas line Descanso Beach. Avalon’s circular, art deco Catalina Casino is a cultural center with a movie theater, ballroom and museum.
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Santa Catalina, one of California’s Channel Islands, lies southwest of Los Angeles. It's known for its wildlife, dive sites and Mt. Orizaba, its highest peak. The resort town of Two Harbors lies to the north. To the south, in the city of Avalon, palm trees and cabanas line Descanso Beach. Avalon’s circular, art deco Catalina Casino is a cultural center with a movie theater, ballroom and museum.
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The Consolidated PBY Catalina, also known as the Canso in Canadian service, was an American flying boat, and later an amphibious aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s produced by Consolidated Aircraft. It 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 waterbomber (or airtanker) in aerial firefighting operations all over the world.
I feel as if Catalina is the epitome of freedom for me. If you didn't know, Catalina is named after Bye Bye Birmington's song 'Catalina Dreams of California'! Seeing as I've decided to move to California, lol. I can't let things hold me back anymore, I'm going and I won't look back to [Lufkin/Nacogdoches] ever again, but my heart will be left in Houston with my mom. ;(
She's different from my other girls, but loves just as deeply. Someone's finally might be able to tame her wild, wild heart. :3