Warbird Information Exchange

Found this one on youtube, great video showing the construction of the PBY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNepoKVh0KA

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"According to the map, we've only gone 4 inches."

Very informative.These are great videos of a bygone era.osha and the epa would be in fits just watching it.

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Hang The Expense

You can overlay footage of a modern Boeing jet being built and see that techniques used 72 years ago are still 'state of the art'. 747/767/777 fuselage bottoms are built as 'canoes' and turned over, placed in an assembly tool and finished exactly the same.

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

What amazes me with planes from this era is the level of craftsmanship that was attained while they were being produced both with the speed they were built as well as the sheer numbers that were produced.

I guess the automobile analogy would be the build quality and hand craftsmanship that goes into an Aston Martin, produced in the numbers of a Toyota Camry.

It would be neat if all the tools and jigs were still around

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"According to the map, we've only gone 4 inches."

And to think that the EPA was conceived and implemented by Richard Nixon!

Since, I have to fly two airshows with the PBY in the next two weeks, I had better pay attention

Thanks for sharing!

I'd love to go fly the cat with you

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"According to the map, we've only gone 4 inches."