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Awesome at 80: Europe’s last Catalina flying boat remains air show favorite 

Aerotime

There, it was to be repurposed as a passenger-carrying aircraft for tourist flights and air safaris in Zimbabwe in southern Africa. The tail was completely blown off, the port float was virtually shot away, and the port wing was damaged. Numerous holes had been made in the plane’s hull, so it started to take on water and sink.

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Rare C-49 ‘WildKat’ Makes First Appearance at Reading World War II Weekend [NEEDS PHOTO SWAP]

Vintage Aviation News

The C-47 also had an astrodome positioned in the cabin roof, strengthened floor components, a double cargo door and a shortened tail-cone for glider-towing shackles, all of which the C-49 did not have. In January 2017, it was cleared for a maintenance ferry flight from Frederick to Tulsa. The airshow ended at 5:00 p.m.

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Bomber Camp

Plane and Pilot

They battled German Messerschmitts and Focke-Wulfs, anti-aircraft artillery (flak), aircraft malfunctions, and frigid temperaturesflying in formations of hundreds while navigating through bad weather to their targets deep in enemy territory. The tail gunner manned twin.50s, To be able to fly such a machine today is a rare privilege.

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