Abandoned Explore Catalina Water Bomber Plane Crash

Exploring an abandoned Water Bomber that crashed on a Northwestern Ontario Lake in 1981...
Music "Horror 13" "Clouds" by Jason Shaw www.audionautix.com
Outdoor Rob Adventure

[@blah646]

Thanks for your effort in just getting to this site, let alone the footage of the aircraft. My Father was a Flight Engineer on a PBY Catalina in WWII

[@OutdoorRob]

Thanks Man! Wow, that's pretty cool!

[@CoinandRelicOntario]

A great Remembrance day upload Rob! These were originally used by many Air Forces as patrol planes and during WW2 as U boat hunters off the East Coast by the RCAF. Later outfitted as water bombers!! There is a fully restored one at the War Plane museum in Hamilton. It's a big plane. Sure those massive wings and engines are at the bottom.

[@OutdoorRob]

Would be interesting to know if they are at the bottom...I'm thinking they salvaged them though and the cockpit but ya never know! Thanks for the info, pretty cool!

[@DougsMessyGarage]

Hey Rob, another great video. According to my father (retired MNR), there is another crashed Canso/Catalina near Red Lake if you are looking for another adventure. I am not sure which lake it is located on but supposedly it is far more intact than this one.

[@OutdoorRob]

That would be cool...haven't heard of that one. Wonder where it is? Thanks Doug!

[@terrymacdonald3486]

Hey is your father still alive i would love to go check out that other canso site you are talking about heres my email [e-mail]

[@terrymacdonald3486]

Hey hi doug do you know what mnr depattment your father worked at would like to know more about this

[@DougsMessyGarage]

@@terrymacdonald3486 My father worked in Fire but not in Red Lake. We discussed this and the Red Lake Cansos when this video first came out but he does not recall exactly which lake it was on.

[@TerryMacdonald-l1i]

Do you have any more info about that red lake crash site of the other canso that's more intact

[@tompettman9157]

That a/c was owned by The Flying Firemen of Sydney B.C. I was working for the co. when this old girl came a cropper although I was working on another Canso at the time . The Flying Firemen were contracted to the Ontario goverment when they were getting their own fire program up an going I have worked on this very A/C at one time and probley have pictures of it in better days This videos bring back alot of old memories of a misspent youth

[@OutdoorRob]

Thanks Tom!

[@percivalhowell7516]

Thank you for the information. Is there any info on how it ended up in it's current location, in that condition? Thx in advance -

[@davesmith6929]

Thanks for sharing your adventures with us Rob, watching your videos and seeing the crazy places you go though.....should look into an argo, I know they're not the quickest machine but they'll go anywhere

[@OutdoorRob]

Thanks Dave! I really enjoy getting out there and seeing what I can find!

[@davesmith6929]

@@OutdoorRob it's crazy as to what we can find in our own back yard eh, I really enjoy exploring places myself on my downtime

[@OutdoorRob]

It is fun for sure!

[@CareD.]

Awesome! Love these video's Rob!

[@OutdoorRob]

Thanks Caroline! Glad you like them!

[@845SiM]

Whatever rattles on your camera, sounds like a radiation sensor going off, adds atmosphere very well. Lol. New sub here. Very good videos.

[@OutdoorRob]

LOL! I have since bought a new camera. Thanks Chris!

[@845SiM]

Cool, I kind of liked the rattle. Lol. Loving the places you visit, in the uk here so there’s not much to find or anywhere to get proper lost, but on the plus less chance of being eaten by, bears, mountain lions, wolves, hillbilly’s etc etc. 😂

[@OutdoorRob]

LOL! The Hillbilly's would be more of a worry to me than the bears, wolves and mountain lions!

[@melvinhunter6334]

What happened to the rest of it

[@OutdoorRob]

I think it was salvaged...

[@moparsquid]

strange that the landing gear is down in the water was it sitting or was it in air

[@twatbass]

it was picking up water from what i know. the accident report said it crashed during landing either way gear down in the water would cause big problems.

[@OutdoorRob]

Believe the gear would've been set down by the salvagers as they dragged it to shore. Can't see any other reason it would be down.

[@5695q]

@@OutdoorRob , I believe it's a Catalina PBY.

[@bradleymorris8875]

I like the limited narration... just the facts.

[@terryboyer1342]

Lotsa potential beer cans there! I built a PBY Cat model when I was a kid. It turned out real nice! Was just watching some vids of them yesterday flying at Oshkosh.

[@OutdoorRob]

I would love to go to the Oshkosh Air Show sometime, very cool! Thanks!

[@lynnetneiswonger126]

Wonder how they crashed?

[@OutdoorRob]

Heard they were picking up a load of water when it happen, that's all I know.

[@sasglion5465]

The rudder still looks kinda nice

[@OutdoorRob]

She's a pretty cool looking wreck...

[@GWillWin]

Tanker 9, Flying Fireman owned this crashed in July 1981

[@OutdoorRob]

Yep, fair bit of history on her. Thanks Garth!

[@ballygeale1]

That was a great video

[@OutdoorRob]

Thanks, glad you liked it! I really enjoyed exploring that one!

[@warpedone2]

Thanks for filming & know I'm not spam

[@OutdoorRob]

Glad you enjoyed the vid Nik!

[@davebrittain9216]

Where is this, the Sioux?

[@OutdoorRob]

In that area...

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

That was a good find chainsaw would have come in handy. 👍👍🇨🇦😀

[@OutdoorRob]

Thanks Man! Chainsaw would've helped for sure but I don't have the ATV setup to carry one!

[@olivei2484]

Little 0-4-0 on what appears to be narrow guage. Wonderful. And we watch you bush wack time and time again.

[@OutdoorRob]

Always bushwhacking...only way to get to these things!

[@olivei2484]

@@OutdoorRob Looked like plane was drug into cove. Very pretty remote lake too.

[@OutdoorRob]

Ya, looked like they pulled it over there and removed the stuff from it there! Must have helicopter'd the stuff out of there.

[@Thief400]

Are you still using that POS gps lol

[@OutdoorRob]

LOL! Yep...

[@jfs300rum]

Why not lift it out with a helicopter? Lots of aluminum to salvage and lake to clean up. Even if it had to be cut up into several pieces.

[@OutdoorRob]

No idea why they didn't salvage the tail...maybe scrap prices weren't enough to make another trip?

[@frerecampbell9291]

I hope he can swim, because an old wreck can suddenly shift & sink, considering all the rotting mass underneath, sitting in the water all these years. He was taking an awful chance.

[@OutdoorRob]

That's what I do, that's how I live...don't worry, I can swim...a little! ;-)

[@applesucks2633]

Neat find! Although I thought the Canadians were more conscious about their environment… Surprised its sitting there rotting

[@OutdoorRob]

It's all about the mighty dollar...if it can't make them money, they leave it!