PBY tanker on Mr. Clean commercial!

[K5DH]

I saw a commercial on TV this morning for Mr. Clean with this PBY tanker:



I paused the Dish receiver and shot a photo of the TV screen with my digital camera.

[Steve Nelson]

What are the doors underneath for..dropping luggage?

Yes..I know they're water dump doors. I work at a TV station, and the other day I went through the clip frame-by-frame. The people appear real (aside from the CGI Mr. C. of course.) But I still couldn't tell for sure if the engines are acutally running, or the props replaced with CGI.


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[Matt Gunsch]

The props look to be cgi, as does the pilot by the plane, and I hope the remove the pitot cover before they take off

[JohnB]

Are the business-attired passengers smokejumpers?

[Warbird Kid]

Im fairly certain that this is stock footage with Mr. C added.

[David Legg]

The Catalina in the clip is CC-CDT at Santiago, Chile and it is a 'runner' although not a 'flyer' at this moment in time. So, the turning props are probably for real. This aircraft has since been repainted to represent a FACh aircraft for film work.