Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]hmm... I'm no expert on these, but from memory they are two engine. I'll look next time I drive past the airport. Buffalo Airways (run by "Buffalo" Joe...) runs a fleet of DC3's, DC4's for cargo and firefighting (using the latter), those little push-me-pull Cessna's for bird-dogging, the aforementioned Cansos (or whatever they are) and brand new Canadair CL125 water-bombers Hey - just checked the website - there's one on the front page http://www.buffaloairways.com/ - PBY5A Canso's nice pic here - he has 4 of them http://www.buffaloairways.com/Aircraft/Canso.htm oh and a Curtis C-46 Love the sound when these suckers fly overhead! tim > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Marc James > Small > Sent: March 10, 2002 3:30 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Flying Boats > > > At 02:47 PM 3/10/02 -0700, Tim Atherton wrote: > > > >PS - we have 4 or 5 Catalinas out at the airport here still in > regular use > >(or Cansos as we Canucks call them). Used for waterbombing during forest > >fire season. It's quite something to see a couple of them swoop down on a > >lake together and scoop up water at full revs, ready for the next load! > > Are you certain that these are Cat-Boats -- that is, two-engine > Consolidated PBY's? I had believed that the Canadians were using the last > five four-engine PB2Y Coronados for this. Or so the Canadians > have claimed > over on the Military History lists. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html