This series of posts will retrace a few of the surviving airworthy (or close) PBYs around the world, and their history.
As you recall, back in August 2018, I had the immense pleasure and privilege to check out and even climb aboard N24VP. To this day the PBY is still in Ocaña waiting for its first flight in many years, after several setbacks that left it wanting for two new engines… And the pandemic currently circling the globe didn’t help…
However, this long overdue post is to present at last the small videos I took at the beginning of my visit, before the owners arrived. I did a 360° walkaround to present the plane, its history and features.
Here is is below, I hope you like it: