Day one of Oshkosh with the PBY-5A is in the books! Thank you to everyone that came out today. It was a pleasure chatting with all of you!![]()
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Coming up this weekend! America's Tank Demo Weekend at the American Heritage Museum on Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26! See our newest Cold War era tanks in operation including M41 Walker Bulldog, M47 Patton, M60 Main Battle Tank, M60A2, and M88 Recovery Vehicle! Get tickets at:
America's Tank Demo Weekend - The American Heritage Museum
www.americanheritagemuseum.org
NOTE: EVENT ADMISSION INCLUDES ADMISSION TO MUSEUM America’s Tank Demo Weekend is where you can see some of the American Heritage Museum’s tanks spanning the history of American armor including th...
We are thrilled to announce that our PBY-5A has arrived to make it's airshow debut at EAA AirVenture 2026! Expect plenty of content surrounding this beautiful airplane over the next few days!![]()
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If you are attending Oshkosh, come on out and pay us a visit on Warbird Alley!![]()
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We’re on our way to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh with Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina BuNo 2459 and the crew is spending the hours documenting what it was like to fly long patrols on the slow PBY. Here is a glimpse of some of the interior “comforts”, defensive positions, and views. Of course, in the 1942 North Atlantic, shorts and T-shirts would have been swapped for shearling coats and flight suits. Enjoy the clips! #wwii #pbycatalina #eaaairventure #warbirds #navalaviation
The PBY-5A Catalina BuNo 2459 is on its way to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI from Florida! The crew is passing through Georgia now and will be working into the Midwest for an overnight along the way. On the way out of Florida, the PBY flew over P-8 Poseidon's at Cecil Field - the same mission, 84 years apart! Before departure, we got a photo of the team at American Aero Services who worked on the PBY - there were many others that helped over the seven year span, but their dedication and excellence in craftsmanship truly made #2459 singular in regards to originality - thank you for everything, American Aero Services!
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Book talk and signing. Blind Bombing: How Microwave Radar Brought the Allies to D-day
December 6, 2019 @ 2:00 pm, ending 3:00 pm
Presentation by author Norman Fine –
Norman Fine received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College and a Master of Science degree from Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering.
After a consulting stint at the Raytheon Company, Norman and a colleague formed an engineering company where they designed and manufactured state-of-the-art graphic displays, many of which were high resolution radar displays for aerial reconnaissance by the Navy and Air Force during the Cold War.
Intrigued by the radar application for his company’s products, Norman explored the story of radar. He learned about a top-secret gadget invented in 1939 by 2 British scientists that turned the primitive radar known to the rest of the world, including the enemy, into an immensely improved radar — microwave radar — the performance of which was unmatched anywhere in the world. And only the Allies had it. His reading also led him to 2 characters — one very close to home — who were intimately involved in bringing microwave radar to combat in World War II.
Blind Bombing: How Microwave Radar Brought the Allies to D-Day and Victory in World War II is the little-known story from first-hand sources of the cooperative efforts between a small band of scientists and warriors — British and American — who turned radar into an offensive weapon of war in the face of apathy and resistance from the entrenched military establishments. Norman contends that without it, D-Day would not have occurred on June 6, 1944, and if it had been attempted, it might well have failed.
