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Posts Tagged ‘Consolidated PBY Catalina’
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First Naval Air Intercept Radar 1941
Posted: Aug 01, 2011Beginning on 01 August 1941 a specially modified Lockheed Electra XJO-3 had an AI-10 microwave radar installed for airborne testing. The radar was developed by Radiation Laboratory from MIT and […]
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PBY's Fly Non-stop 3,292 Miles In 1937
Posted: Jun 21, 2011Twelve PBY-1 Catalina aircraft from Patrol Squadron 3 (VP-3) flew 3,292 miles nonstop from San Diego, California, to Coco Solo in the Canal Zone on 21 June 1937. Under the […]