Catalina flying boat

Posted by Curly (South Shields, United Kingdom) on 18 September 2011 in Transportation and Portfolio.

Big, slow, but made a good show.

Event: Sunderland International Air Show
Where: Seaburn Beach
When: 31st July 2011

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alireza from Iran

Good coordination in the Photo

18 Sep 2011 5:27am

Jani from Sweden

beautiful plane! :) i have some pictures of some planes on my blog if you want to see. Like the worlds only still flying "Flying Barrel" that i saw at a airshow a couple of weeks ago.

18 Sep 2011 6:20am

Christine from Ellemford, United Kingdom

I would love to see one of these land

18 Sep 2011 6:24am

Ted from South Wales, United Kingdom

bet he made a great racket as well?

18 Sep 2011 6:29am

Véronique from Here & Now, France

Très joli monochrome. Très aérien ! :)

18 Sep 2011 6:55am

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

A beautiful plane shot.

18 Sep 2011 7:43am

J.R. from Ginowan, Japan

Big slow and noisy, makes an interesting catch, never seen one like that

18 Sep 2011 8:13am

Amerlina from Tehran, Iran

Big, slow, and perhaps too noisy! :D beautiful shot!

18 Sep 2011 8:14am

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Fine capture.

18 Sep 2011 8:20am

PATRICK from miramas, France

5***

18 Sep 2011 8:28am

Roman from Thiersee, Austria

excellent!

18 Sep 2011 8:31am

Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom

Such a classic . . a design of the 1930's and still in service ! This is a very fine view, too.

18 Sep 2011 8:44am

Florence from Paris, France

Nice plane with a very unusual shape. Greap crop.

18 Sep 2011 8:55am

Elena Kotrotsou from Drossia, Greece

Great capture!

18 Sep 2011 9:19am

PascalXLD from Rennes, France

Très bien saisi

Bonne journée

18 Sep 2011 9:49am

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

The PBY was the most successful aircraft of its kind; no other flying boat was produced in greater numbers. The last active military PBYs were not retired from service until the 1980s. Even today, over 70 years after its first flight, the aircraft continues to fly as an airtanker in aerial firefighting operations all over the world. Nicely captured Curly! ;-)

18 Sep 2011 11:29am

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

From the days of effective innovation and individuality

18 Sep 2011 1:36pm

The Mouse from Glasgow, United Kingdom

I've always loved these planes, think it goes back to my commando book days.
Great shot.

18 Sep 2011 3:39pm

TheoJ from Emden, Germany

excellent captured

18 Sep 2011 6:12pm

Marilla from Turku, Finland

Great capture of this beauty!

18 Sep 2011 6:22pm

Francisco Romero from Carbajal de la Legua, Spain

Very nice framing.

18 Sep 2011 6:34pm

Uistnomad from North Uist, United Kingdom

Nice photo. Pity it wasn't a Sunderland flying boat

18 Sep 2011 7:49pm

Loukas from Ilioupolis, Greece

Nice air shot

18 Sep 2011 7:50pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

A beautiful shot of this old war horse.

18 Sep 2011 8:41pm

curieuzeneuzemosterdpot from Belgium

a flying boat?

never seen this!

beautiful shot, curly!!

18 Sep 2011 9:57pm

Dokmateo from Madrid, Spain

Great capture and perfect timing. Nicely framed.

18 Sep 2011 10:54pm

Andrew from United States

Cool shot, I like the angle.

18 Sep 2011 11:44pm

Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States

This is great! Wonderful capture and great POV!

19 Sep 2011 1:16am

BBM from United Kingdom

I have a few of this one too ..great capture!

19 Sep 2011 8:33am

Anne from 新加坡, Singapore

I've never seen this before..so cool and cuteee...*excellent air show series! Enjoy!

27 Sep 2011 3:51pm

Pentax K100D
1/1500 second
F/8.0
ISO 400
450 mm (35mm equiv.)

colour
sunderland
air-show

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