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One of the first aero-plane rides I had was in a seaplane.
I remember having a model of the Catalina by Revel.
 
I think the PB-Y was the closest a/c we had that could fly for 12 hours on a single fueling.

Here's a story of how a PB-Y with "a few gallons more" on June 3, 1942, might have been the beginning of the final Japanese defeat.

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Source: > PBY Catalina Foundation <
 
Hamish Racing said:
This is an unusual aeroplane share sale at a UK car auction.

1943 Catalina Flying Boat 'Miss Pick Up'​




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Lot 1 - 1943 Catalina Flying Boat 'Miss Pick Up'

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When I was part of the team conducting site surveys for the North Warning System, up in northern Labrador, we came across one of these that had crashed. Didn't know the history of it.

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Basil - was that crash anywhere near Sona Lake in Labrador?
What year did you see it there? I think I know the airplane's history.
 
Back in the early 80's I had the pleasure of meeting and having lunch with Lt Commander George Gay at the Dobbins AFB "O" Club. As an Ensign Commander Gay was the sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 at the Battle of Midway. He witnessed the Battle of Midway and was rescued by the crew of a PBY after 30 hours in the ocean. Heroes live forever.
 
"Taking between 27 and 33 hours, with departure timed so that the flight crossed Japanese occupied territory during darkness, the crews would observe the sunrise twice, which led to the service being known as 'The Double Sunrise'".

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Basil said:
Nowhere near. Closer to Saglek
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The aircraft in Saglek is a B-26 Marauder that ended up wrecked next to the runway. Bad weather was the cause IIRC. There were crew that survived but later died of exposure and one attempted to get to the mission at Hebron but went missing on the way and was never found.
I spent a 6 week stint up there working for the Canadian National Park system servicing the Torngats National Park and Saglek was our access for supplies. Given the number of polar bears I saw and that the weather in summer could be pretty nasty (but also very pleasant) I can’t imagine the desperate state that one would have to be in to try to walk to Hebron in winter.
It’s an extremely beautiful place with the highest peaks east of the Rockies, no trees, and even glaciers but not a place for the unprepared…
 

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The aircraft in Saglek is a B-26 Marauder that ended up wrecked next to the runway. Bad weather was the cause IIRC. There were crew that survived but later died of exposure and one attempted to get to the mission at Hebron but went missing on the way and was never found.
I spent a 6 week stint up there working for the Canadian National Park system servicing the Torngats National Park and Saglek was our access for supplies. Given the number of polar bears I saw and that the weather in summer could be pretty nasty (but also very pleasant) I can’t imagine the desperate state that one would have to be in to try to walk to Hebron in winter.
It’s an extremely beautiful place with the highest peaks east of the Rockies, no trees, and even glaciers but not a place for the unprepared…
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I have been to the B-26 at Saglek. There is a monument there now. There is another crash (the PBY) not “at”Saglek, but if my memory Serves, it was in that general vicinity. I was up there doing site surveys for the North Warning System (Dew Line replacement). You’re the only other person I’ve come across how has been to Saglek and knows of the B-26. I’ve read the pilots journal. I don’t think they knew Hebron was there (and not that far away)
 
Cool, thanks Basil! It was quite a few years ago now that I was up there so I’m prepared to be corrected. Still, it’s quite a story and sobering when one considers the adversity faced by those airmen.
Outside of the people I met while there, I know of no others who have been to Saglek either but I do work now with a guy who lives in WA who is familiar with Nain, of all places!
 
charlie74 said:
Cool, thanks Basil! It was quite a few years ago now that I was up there so I’m prepared to be corrected. Still, it’s quite a story and sobering when one considers the adversity faced by those airmen.
Outside of the people I met while there, I know of no others who have been to Saglek either but I do work now with a guy who lives in WA who is familiar with Nain, of all places!
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I spent a week at the Nain hotel (a double wide trailer). Nain was one of several base camps we had along the coast of Labrador and Baffin Island.
 
Crazy…!
Nain is the only place i have ever landed as a passenger in a fixed wing aircraft and been able to see the runway out of one of the passenger windows! And then you get into the lee of the hill on the west side of the strip just as your touching down…🤢
 
charlie74 said:
Crazy…!
Nain is the only place i have ever landed as a passenger in a fixed wing aircraft and been able to see the runway out of one of the passenger windows! And then you get into the lee of the hill on the west side of the strip just as your touching down…🤢
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Twin Otter?
 
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