The WWII Flying Home With a Kitchen and Bar - PBY Catalina ‘Landseaire'

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In the 1950s, The Landseaire was the ultimate go-anywhere adventure machine. Based on a sturdy WWII-era PBY Catalina flying boat and fitted with beds, bathrooms, kitchens and even deployable boats, they were a long-range home in the sky like no other. But what happened? Where did they go and for one family, how did it all end so tragically?
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Big thanks to Dave and his blog which uncovered so many of the details of this story: www.vintagewings.ca/stories/s...
Dave kindly allowed me to use the photos he uncovered and his research was invaluable!
Some great aerial photos of the plane now: www.esquireme.com/culture/532...
00:00 - Introduction
01:47 - Visiting a PBY Catalina
03:43 - Origins of the Consolidated PBY Catalina
04:34 - Design & War Service
05:57 - The Original Landseaire
09:12 - What Happened to the Original Landseaire?
10:01 - The Kenndals Landseaire
10:45 - Kenndals Round-The-World-Trip
11:42 - A Near-Death Escape
14:44 - Remains of the Kenndal Landseaire
15:31 - Where Are They Now?

[@Gator-357]

My grandpa had a PBY when I was a kid in Loxahatchee, FLA. We used it to camp in and used to fly to Puerto Rico and the carribean on weekends. It was some fun times.

[@cheddar2648]

That's awesome. What an adventure.

[@GudieveNing]

Wow!

[@markrix]

What was its tail number? All those flight plans are recorded, be cool to actually see the flight plans he filed eh?

[@foo-foocuddlypoops5694]

So that's homes on wheels, tracks, rotor blades and floating wings. Can't wait for your coverage of whatever weird space rocket home some madman eventually cooks up :D

[@CalumRaasay]

Haha people always say my videos are eclectic and unpredictable but tbh the thing that always unites them is that I love a good mobile home!

[@CaptainHoratioPugwash]

@@CalumRaasay @Foo-Foo Cuddlypoops There's gotta' be something on tracks.

[@chugachuga9242]

There has to be someone who made a camper out of a train

[@wintryhard]

Or maybe a submoble

[@chugachuga9242]

@@wintryhard submoble I like that word

[@SolarusD]

5:14 I'm sure you meant 14 cylinders there. Also the PBY used the twin-row Twin Wasp engine, the Wasp was only a single-row 9 cylinder engine.

[@CalumRaasay]

😭 I did

[@spacecase13]

I had a major WHAT moment when I heard 4 cylinder engines, I'm very glad to see this clarified since I was sure it was wrong.

[@hermanrobak1285]

@@spacecase13 Yeah, a radial engine with a single-digit *even* number of cylinders is pretty much unheard of.

[@tgdomnemo5052]

4 cyl, 1200 bhp, nice engine 👍🏻😂😉 Great episode 🙏🏼

[@Jc-dc2jg]

Pratt and Whitney wasp is 9 cylinders, well atleast mine is, it’s a 1340 though

[@ChrisAmelung]

My grandfather flew the PBY during the war as part of the US Navy 3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron. He was part of a small group of Army Air Corps pilots that were loaned to the Navy to fly PBYs because the Navy didn’t have enough multi-engine trained pilots. They hold the distinction of earning both Army and Navy wings. Thank you for this amazing video and story. He would have loved seeing on of the “old girls” getting a makeover.

[@CalumRaasay]

Wow, what an amazing career your grandfather had. Must have had a fair few stories!

[@vonskyme9133]

I've always loved the idea of vehicles with something you can call 'living quarters' (not just a bunk behind a cab) where you wouldn't really expect. Planes, landcrawlers etc. Something post-apocalyptic about them.

[@CalumRaasay]

EXACTLY! That’s honestly the thing that interests me the most- and drives me of the ideas for videos I have!

[@metatechnologist]

They still take form today.

[@o-wolf]

I remember first seeing this beauty watching Johnny Quest as a kid.. the quest family would use it to fly around the world on amazing adventures &I always found the idea of such an antique plane being included in such a techno futurist series that included space adventure &virtual reality quite interesting.

[@franciosdeaeruiu7555]

Always wanted to see someone do it with a sort of "personal airship" unfortunately that is something we never got to see

[@briangodfrey7424]

For anyone who lived through WWII, I suspect the late '40s and early '50s probably did seem pretty post-apocalyptic.

[@proto57]

That father is a goddamned HERO, crawling to the controls, shot and bleeding out, starting the plane and getting his family to safety.

[@thefrenchbastard1646]

he was also the fool that brought them there in the first place like if your dad tries to sell you on the idée on flying to the middle east for a vacation what els wood you call him?

[@QuantumCairo]

​@@thefrenchbastard1646 I'd call him entitled, privileged and ignorant on the reality of the world outside of comforts and protections of money. So I guess nothing has changed with our ruling class then over these many...MANY years...

[@fukkyoutube]

@@thefrenchbastard1646you guys are confusing today's geopolitical environment with the world back then

[@turkey0165]

@QauntamCairo Isn't great to be a American and filthy rich something poor dumb COMMUNIST in their envious of the wealthy will never achieve! God Bless Capitalism!

[@kenmaass16]

My grandfather was that hero. The plane only landed in that area due to an engine issue. My uncle was working on the engine when the shooting started. The whole group was held hostage presumed to be spies. There is quite a bit more to the story, for instance, my grandfather was not the only one shot during that attack. Also, one night while being held, they were awaken in the middle of the night, driven out in a truck to an isolated area, and unloaded by a group of men with rifles. Thankfully, another vehicle showed up in the nick of time with someone appearing important, as my mother described (she is the teenaged girl in some of the photos), and they were loaded up again and taken back to the camp.

[@andyjohnson6270]

Great one, Calum. Last PBY I saw was the one that killed my mayor, 24 years ago. I heard about a failed water landing on the radio and went down to watch it on the way home, not knowing at the time that the mayor of Southampton had been killed. I’d gone along to look as I knew my parents had spent a day trip to Le Touquet on that exact aircraft a couple of years earlier when members of its supporting ‘Catalina Society’.

[@CalumRaasay]

Christ, never heard of that story. What a shame

[@donquixoteupinhere]

The Catalina mix-up

[@marksamuelsen2750]

Many years ago I lived in Hawaii on Oahu. I saw a PBY Catalina sitting on the ramp at HNL airport next to the CAP Hangar. I was a member of the CAP. An old retired USAF pilot was authorized to fly this aircraft and him and I flew from HNL-ITO(Hilo) back. I was thrilled and now I'm 71yo and it still is a great memory for me. I may not remember what I did yesterday but that memory is still alive in my brain.

[@Martinos1991]

Sweet baby jesus! Calum! I have been dreaming about what it would be like to own a Catalina camper plane since I first saw a Catalina in a Flying Tigers comic when I was a kid. This right here is the video I'd forgotten I desperately wanted. Thank you!

[@oocombz]

Honestly the PBY will always be my favorite aircraft. I remember playing COD WAW and when the level "Blackcats" came on I was hooked. If I had a major excess of money I'd buy one and learn to fly it.

[@CalumRaasay]

Yes! I replayed blackcats when making this video. Good nostalgia!

[@CalumRaasay]

This is sort of a 'spirtual sequel' to my recent helihome video, so I thought I'd keep the same kind of theme and style going, hope you enjoy! What do you think would be the best aircraft to turn into a flying home? I think the Catalina is hard to beat! I'll post all the scans & documents I found on my patreon: patreon.com/calumraasay

[@alaric_]

I don't know what would be best but Ekranoplan would be awesome with decent space for luxurious interior :D The noise might be an issue though! :D

[@Chris-ut6eq]

Best flying home? How about a powered helium balloon type aircraft. More modern lighter than air ships have many advantages over fixed or rotary wing craft. Would be an interesting 'air yacht' concept.

[@ericfeatherstone]

Short Sunderland? Not quite as elegant but pretty roomy.

[@SVanHutten]

The only rival of the Landseaire I can think of is the one-off Dornier Do-24 ATT.

[@alexcane6458]

I suspect that it may have been a Landseaire that featured in the Documentary "The Last African Flying Boat" produced by BBC/PBS and available on KZbin...

[@jona.scholt4362]

These "Flying Vacation Homes" always remind me of the Millennium Falcon, though I'm sure the Falcon had "roomier" quarters. Just the idea of being able to live and travel around to who-knows-where. The kid in me can't help but love the adventure vibes it gives off. BTW, just found this channel, great video; it made me a sub

[@LupusAries]

In other words in Star Citizen you'd be an Anvil Carrack owner.😉

[@TheWolfsnack]

Nah....more a Razor Crest......but less boxy.

[@magnetospin]

The Millennium Falcon is actually not that big. Any modern jumbo jet would be roomier.

[@jona.scholt4362]

@@magnetospin Roomier than a PBY though. Roomy enough that it had hallways! Still, not exactly palatial.

[@TheJabbate1]

The Millennium Falcon was a cargo vessel first. Not only did it have an internal storage room but its forward facing prongs would latch on to cargo barges for heavier loads. Lando converted the Falcon into his personal yacht, sacrificing some storage compartments for an expanded captain’s quarters and a walk-in closet and having a luxury escape pod fitted into the cargo prongs. Also, Corellian starships, no matter what size and class, are known for their rugged reliability and modular design for personal customization.

[@ElricX]

I built a model of Jacques Cousteau's PBY as a kid and fell in love with them. Owning one would've been amazing!

[@daniilashtaev9319]

Ahh, your videos, from the quality research to the fascinating storytelling, are just incredible. Thank you, Calum!

[@CalumRaasay]

Thank you Daniil, really appreciate that!

[@FLY2FLYFISH]

This is very interesting. Probably about 10 years ago. I worked as a Fueller at an airport in Washington state. A Catalina came in with a family and they had it all set up as a flying RV.

[@mvd4436]

I wonder if they had plans to go on a vacation to the shores of Saudi Arabia

[@831BeachBum]

Are you sure that wasn't a Grumman HU-16? John Procter out of Newberg, OR had a Albatross restored to function like an RV.

[@plantfeeder6677]

Before I watch this I have to confess that owning my own PBY, converting it into a flying house, and flying all throughout the south pacific has been a dream of mine since I was a kid in the 1950s.

[@zolotiyeruki]

I don't know if it was an original Landseaire, but just last week, a PBY yacht flew into Oshkosh WI for EAA Airventure, and I got a chance to crawl all over the inside of it. The lounge at the back with the huge lexan bubble window is particularly awesome.

[@Atreid3s]

9:44 "Tuckson" Arizona made me giggle. It's pronounced "Too-sahn." Great video! How amazing it would be to have a luxury converted PBY Catalina, not to mention how awesome it would be to have an old war bird like this period!

[@CreeperOnYourHouse]

Tucsan is pronounced Tuck sun, Kansas is pronounced Can-saw, and Arkansas is pronounced Are-Kan-zess.

[@CalumRaasay]

I need at least ONE mispronunciation

[@Journeyman.71]

U.S. born and raised... I was embarrassing-years old when I finally realized that there were NOT two separate cities in AZ, Too-sawn, and Tuck-sun!

[@kev3d]

@@Journeyman.71 Don't feel bad. Some adults don't realize there is a Kansas City Kansas and a Kansas City Missouri which are right next to each other and basically the same place, even though "downtown" is entirely in Missouri.

[@kev3d]

@@CreeperOnYourHouse It's okay. If you ever want to bewilder Americans, simply invoke the City of London, which is different from, but resides entirely within, London, which is the capital of England, which is a country within a country, UK, which also has its capital in the same place. Oh, and the Queen cannot enter the City of London without the permission of the Lord Mayor...who is not the Mayor of London. Fun times!

[@boyo2012]

I'd so take this over the Helihome! Way more versatile, even with the longer landing areas required. Brilliant work, love your videos and production style.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Same

[@peterl3417]

With some integrated solar panels in the wings in case I wanna live in one spot for a long time without using gas 😂

[@Yuki_Ika7]

my great grandpa Carroll Burgess Jones won the distinguished flying cross and the Navy cross for commanding a PBY Catalina squadron in WW2, i am glad to see that these beautiful machines get use after the war too (sad to see many of their fates though)!

[@Grahammon]

Wow, small world, My dad flew the Catalina’s as part of RAF air sea rescue during ww2

[@whyjnot420]

Just to point one little thing out... the step in the hull is specifically designed to make takeoff easier. Simply put a flying boat wants to stay on the water, that step in the hull lessens this by a lot, making it far easier to takeoff from water. This is why it is a staple of hull design in flying boats.

[@CalumRaasay]

Yeah I found a really cool article all about how the two-step hull. facinating feature.

[@alfnoakes392]

Excellent video on a Catalina development I had no idea existed. We still have a flying PBY-5 here in New Zealand, based at Ardmore, south of Auckland. Lovely old girl, I have been up in her a couple of times. The hull of a PBY which was 'parts donor' for her ended up down at Classic Flyers in Tauranga, and over a decade ago I was one of the volunteers who dissembled the rear-most part of the fuselage to create an indoor exhibit ... it was quite surreal drilling out all those 1/8" rivets (with the perished remains of rubberised canvas sealing the joints between plates) and thinking this was a Real Catalina I was working on, not the Airfix kit of one which as a kid I had thought was the nearest I would ever get to the real thing.

[@Chill_Mode_JD]

Kinda reminds me of the “Sea Duck” from the old Disney cartoon TailSpin! Excellent work as always Calum! 😎

[@Devin_Stromgren]

Pretty sure the Sea Duck WAS a Catalina.

[@leftoverthoughts2275]

@@Devin_Stromgren Conwing L-16 (custom version), actually (a nonexistent model which is a mashup of a few different airframes, including the Catalina, Grumman Goose, and Fairchild C-82 Packet.)

[@hamaljay]

Same

[@ChaddicusRex]

O! Eee-oh!

[@Chill_Mode_JD]

@@ChaddicusRex AAA WOOO HOO 🎶🎶🎶

[@whyjnot420]

The Catalina is easily one of my favorite aircraft of any time period and of any type. It is great to see when someone talks about the non-military aspects of this remarkable bird, since the military side is what people tend to focus on.

[@CalumRaasay]

Yeah I did originally intend to outline the millitary history but honestly it would really take a whole video to justify and I wante to, like you say, focus on something other than the WWII aspect.

[@whyjnot420]

@@CalumRaasay For what its worth, I thought this video worked very well. While the military history of this plane is a great topic, it isn't really necessary for what was discussed. Also to my chagrin, I have to admit, I never knew that 4 engine Catalina existed. My jaw literally dropped when I saw that. So I have to take my hat off to you for that one. Keep up the good work and I will keep watching.

[@redraiderrider3289]

Why wouldn't you "focus on it" considering that's what essentially it was designed to do? Super weird.

[@whyjnot420]

@@redraiderrider3289 I shall put it in simple terms for your simple mind; Everyone talks about the common talking points. Those are not the only talking points. So it is good that at least some people focus on those less common talking points. Understand? Probably not. edit: your name and question reminded me that my local high school utterly fails at educating people (Red Raiders are their team). Remedial classes would benefit both you and them.

[@andreasheld2362]

Just to add to the pile of praise: you made another wonderful video on something I knew nothing about before. Thank you! 🙂

[@CalumRaasay]

Thank you Andreas! Really appreciate that

[@Travoid]

I've been fascinated by the Landseaire for years, so it was exciting to see this on my feed! Great job digging up all these details, including that dramatic failed voyage!

[@mark211189]

I had the pleasure of photographing a Catalina in NZ a few years ago when I was living there and worked at the local airport. We had one fly in for an air show. Got to have a private tour of it. Best thing ever

[@jasonirwin4631]

The Catalina flying boat has the look of a boat with wings while other flying boat look like a plane that had the bottom of it's fuselage shaped like a boat.

[@briananthony4044]

There was even a design done for a Hercules flying boat, but lack of interest stopped it going further.

[@jgtully]

Knocked it out of the park as always, Calum. Great work, great content, please keep on doing what you're doing!

[@CalumRaasay]

Appreciate that Jeremy! Thanks for watching 🙏

[@utbdoug]

I mean in a way, it really was an adventure of a lifetime.. Just not quite the one they expected! What an extraordinary story for an extraordinary aircraft! I pride myself on aircraft history, and this one passed me by completely! Thanks Calum, another great value video.

[@kenmaass16]

My grandfather was that hero. The plane only landed in that area due to an engine issue. My uncle was working on the engine when the shooting started. The whole group was held hostage presumed to be spies. There is quite a bit more to the story, for instance, my grandfather was not the only one shot during that attack. Also, one night while being held, they were awaken in the middle of the night, driven out in a truck to an isolated area, and unloaded by a group of men with rifles. Thankfully, another vehicle showed up in the nick of time with someone appearing important, as my mother described (she is the teenaged girl in some of the photos), and they were loaded up again and taken back to the camp.

[@redraiderrider3289]

Yeah OK.

[@Vaticous]

Came across your videos and couldn’t stop watching. This channel deserves at least one million subscribers - the amount of time and research you spend on this material must be truly impressive

[@dedasdude]

love to see a video from you! i've been here since you had a few thousand subs, now you are even verified! Great job Calum! especially love the easter eggs that you put in your videos :D

[@CalumRaasay]

Haha thank you Sayan, really appreciate the support all this time! The Easter eggs are also my favourite bit 😆

[@HereticalKitsune]

Such a beautiful plane! I love the flying home concept, but that story of getting shot at was hard. Luckily the plane kept the crew and family safe.

[@TristanTzara100]

Thank you Calum. Ever since I was a child I've thought about flying the world in my very own flying boat yacht. To see those gorgeous interiors had me salivating! I want one!

[@spacecase13]

Thanks for continuing to come up with rare and unusual stories. I never knew that the Catalina ever had such a conversion, let alone the tragic story that one had taken part in.

[@Parker-di7ef]

Bravo! Excellent video! Perfect length, Great history, amazing presentation. Your last video with the helicopter was so good, and this is right up there with it! I fully enjoyed the last 18 minutes spent watching this video.

[@CalumRaasay]

Thank you Parker! Really appreciate it

[@Robert-ff9wf]

I always loved the Catalina! You can land on land or water! You can stay in the air for over 20 hours and it looks cool! I would fantasize about taking family and friends out to deserted Islands. Wish there were alot more still left.

[@davidchang-yen1256]

Thank you so much for putting this piece together. My brother and I put together a US Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina model years ago, and I always thought that it was such an innovative and graceful aircraft.

[@donalddodson7365]

Thanks, Calum. One of the earliest memories of my dad and I building a plastic model is of my PBY. We saw them in San Diego in the 1950's. Thank you for re-awakening the memory.

[@CalumRaasay]

Thank you once again Donald - I don't know why KZbin is so bad at showing me these super thanks! Really appreciate it.

[@CalumRaasay]

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[@edwardfletcher7790]

Dude, the Wasp radial engines are NOT 4 cylinder, they have 14 cylinders. Cessna's and tiny planes are 4 cylinder. It didn't have an "AM/FM transmitter" It was a simple radio RECEIVER. The Lucite dome was 1000 pounds about $2600 dollars at the time !

[@guysheets626]

Hey, great video! First heard about the Catalina from War Thunder, and being a bit outdoorsy myself I had the thoughts of turning it into an air camper, then a few years later I find out that absolutely happened (thanks to this video) Being in Arizona, the Pima air and space museum is a wonderful trip, as well as Kartchner Caverns, Tombstone (very much a tourist trap but still fun), colossal cave and a few others are very much worth the visit if you come back! (By the way, Tucson is pronounced too-saan)

[@londonalicante]

@@edwardfletcher7790 PBY Catalina was powered by two 14 cyl Twin wasps, not double wasps. Double wasp was 18 cyl. This video simply calls them wasp which is also wrong.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

@@londonalicante Isn't that what I said ?

[@schrodingersgat4344]

Should do the story about Jimmy Buffett's plane getting shot up.

[@boaz7927]

If I ever get fortune I will get a air yacht

[@berndog3]

Surprised that there was no mention of Jacques Cousteau's PBY Catalina. Well done video.

[@MrJimgillnm]

EXCELLENT ! Thank You so much for Producing this !

[@briscoelcamino7850]

I think one of these was at a local airport when I was very young. Mid 70s to early 80s. It was covered and in disrepair. I remember being amazed at it's size and shape but being too young to really appreciate it importance. It sold at some point and disappeared. No idea where it went. I remember people that knew about it saying a local guy owned it and travelled the world in it. They said it had a washer and dryer and said it was basically a flying RV. I'll ask around and see what I can find.

[@peterl3417]

That’s what I’d do, live anywhere in the world and fly there to do it 😂

[@BatCaveOz]

Wow! One of your best, Calum.

[@robedmunds7163]

Great job capturing this beautiful aircraft.

[@tsbrownie]

The saudi arabia wreck is here: Lat: 28.090827° Long: 34.608600°

[@samjl4]

If you want to look into more amazing live aboard flying boat houses Calum, you might want to look into Martin and osa Johnson’s ‘spirit of africa’, a story in a time when africa was still vastly unexplored. Their book is amazing. I’m pretty sure the Disney movie ‘up’ took a lot of inspiration from what they did with their sikorsky.

[@charharn7011]

The Catalina PBY has always been my favorite thanks for the video.

[@TheSilversurfmonkey]

Fascinating. Great film, really enjoyed it. Thank you

[@PetesGuide]

So…helicopter & amphibious RVs. Can I predict the next video will be the land/water RVs we’ve seen a few of? Can I then request a video on submarine yachts? That will certainly have to include the strange tragic case. :-(

[@DesertFernweh]

Why Suadis got to ruin everything?

[@markrix]

No its not the planes fault, its gravity's fault.. dood shoulda kept some of the PBYs amendment if he wanted to just globe trot.. bad Captain.. 2 of 5 stars.

[@gafrers]

Fascinating and Quality as always.

[@MartinAhlman]

Magnificent as always, Calum! Thanks for this one.

[@CalumRaasay]

Thanks Martin! Figured it would be fun to bookend the helihome with another odd flying home!

[@MartinAhlman]

@@CalumRaasay Since I'm from Sweden I loved the vehicles of Antarctica :-D

[@bjf10]

Tucson isn't pronounced with a hard C, it's more like "two-sawn"

[@jwnrocks]

Thanks for the great story of the PBY. I’m from San Diego, and didn’t realize that part of it’s history. Great job!

[@matthiashaenni]

Wow, this documentary is absolutely fascinating! The Landseaire is a true marvel of engineering. It's amazing how technology and creativity can come together to create something so extraordinary. Definitely an airplane to fall in love with.

[@gaufrid1956]

I can remember the PBY Catalina flying boats at the old Air Force base on Lake Macquarie in New South Wales Australia. Wonderful aircraft!

[@MrRandomSuperhero]

Super interesting stuff! Thanks for scouring these out for us, my engineer heart loves these niche explorations.

[@JagLite]

Very interesting! Thanks for making the video

[@fr.michaelknipe4839]

Very interesting. Very well done. Thanks for presenting

[@jackjarvis5451]

Yet another amazing video, your videos are some of the best on KZbin very well told and researched with great photos and articles absoulty great channel amd great video

[@CalumRaasay]

Thank you Jack! Really appreciate that

[@OldmanGamerYT]

That's so cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@leighdee2084]

I always dreamed of having one of these. Fantastic video!

[@josephs357]

Thanks Calum! Great video as always.

[@CalumRaasay]

Thanks Josephs!

[@ethanstewart9970]

Incredible video mate. My all time favourite youtube creator - every video you post is right up my alley. Cheers!

[@CalumRaasay]

Thank you Ethan, I appreciate that so much!

[@SVanHutten]

A gorgeous plane, one of the most beautiful flying boats. Great topic and video!

[@finnie9223]

Never got to see a PBY like this, but as a kid me and my dad passed by a grumman goose moored on a small lake behind a beach house. My dad pulled over and me and him walked over and met the family who owned it. They gave me the full tour. Later on id play uncharted and it was an instant realization that it was the exact flying boat i had been in as a kid. Thanks for another great video

[@bigiron1311]

It’s so beautiful. My warplane museum has 2 flying models of this, it’s by far my favourite plane. IT’s always been a pipe dream of mine to live out of one

[@raymondj8768]

WOW what a great video i love those old Catalina flying boats there so cool great job Dude !!!

[@havennewbowtow8835]

Been a dream since childhood to do exactly this, tour the world in a converted flying boat. Thanks for the insight.

[@JesseP.Watson]

...What a poetic ending there over that final series of images... Borderline tear-jerking. Your writing is quite something, mmm, admirable stuff, admirable.

[@johnmarston8997]

i live in linköping sweden and i've went to the flygvapen museum many many times, cool to see it on this channel!

[@chrisbolland5634]

Incredible video, never seen your channel before, and this earned an instant subscription. You join the ranks of Real Engineering and Beau Miles!

[@quintessentialtravel1966]

I just flew on a 1943 PBY-5A Catalina two days ago, we flew to a lake and landed in it, such an amazing aircraft!

[@CalumRaasay]

So cool, I'd love to fly on one one day!

[@jongoldman9279]

Always wanted to fly in one. Fascinating. Thank you.

[@chibani-]

As always you deliver in terms of research and presentation such splendid videos I wasn't aware of the 4 propeller landseaire catalina

[@CalumRaasay]

Thank you! Really appreciate that 🙏

[@davidholmgren659]

Fantastic video... Especially the scenes of the Landseaire that is being rebuilt....they even made a new keel for her...a fabulous job they are doing!

[@elanthys]

Agreed. They ask for close to 1M bucks but it will be worth every penny. It’s one of the lowest time PBY airframes still flyable and it’s still got the original Landseaire dinghies!!

[@davidholmgren659]

@@elanthys It would be great to see somebody buy the old girl and put her into the use she was intended for.

[@linofacioli3344]

Wow, what a phenomenal watch!

[@donlitos]

Very nicely done mate. Thank You

[@RexsHangar]

Really, really well done! I adore the Catalina

[@CalumRaasay]

Thanks Rex! One of the coolest aircraft ever

[@johnjephcote7636]

Very well-produced video and commentary excellent! The machine -gunning of the family was an appalling event but their survival was remarkable considering the length of the 'engagement'. The sturdiness of the plane was also amazing.

[@nicholasadams9535]

Tuckson Arizona lol. As an AZ native that make me chuckle. Great video!!

[@rickinmi]

Well done video! I happened to see the 4 engine coverted Catalina out west (maybe ABQ?). It was powered by the same radials as the plane we were operating. Pratt &Whitney R-2000 18 cylinder radials. We were in a DeHavilland of Candada DHC-4A Caribou (s/n 2) N6080).

[@all.day.day-dreamer]

Flying on one of these has, for years, many years in fact, been a dream of mine. Thank you for the video.

[@CalumRaasay]

Same here! Thanks for watching 🙏

[@OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy]

I sailed past one of these near Hamilton, Bermuda in the late 1970s. It was fitted out like a luxury home.

[@hemaccabe4292]

Positive Dynamic Stability! Say it! Live it!

[@timgooding2448]

I'm here late. No youtube notification. Great video Calum love watching your channel grow.

[@kingo1465]

Totally unexcepted Sir, what great video. Keep them coming

[@anno-fw7xn]

greart work as always cant wait for storie you finde out next!

[@CalumRaasay]

Thank you!

[@dreadlordken3824]

This has been my dream since I was a little kid. The Catalina is my all time favorite aircraft ❤️

[@imnotahippie22]

Love your videos Man!

[@Matt-ls1ng]

Ive been thinking about this for ever

[@MarkHenstridge]

I'm not into flying things but I really enjoyed this. I plan to watch more episodes of your well researched mini documentaries, now as a new subscriber.....Thank you.

[@Ken_oh545]

The all-time zenith of glamour and sophistication!

[@williammawley9744]

New respect for the PBY. Did not realize it packed that much punch.

[@jacobvidjeskog]

Such an interesting piece of history!

[@davidwiger6024]

I remember seeing adds for the PBY-RV conversions on the '60s Popular Mechanics and Mechanics Illustrated magazines.

[@Castor364]

Fell in love the plane from a film Steelyard Blues