Bob Hudson Posted March 19, 2007 Share #1 Posted March 19, 2007 At an estate sale this past weekend I picked up a cigar box full of these metal tags that apparently came from the old Consolidated Vultee plant in San Diego (later Convair) and according to the guy I got them from, his father worked there and said these were used on B-24's and/or PBY's. The box contains several of some of these plus a few other styles as well that I did not scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagman Posted March 19, 2007 Share #2 Posted March 19, 2007 At an estate sale this past weekend I picked up a cigar box full of these metal tags that apparently came from the old Consolidated Vultee plant in San Diego (later Convair) and according to the guy I got them from, his father worked there and said these were used on B-24's and/or PBY's. The box contains several of some of these plus a few other styles as well that I did not scan. Don't know where most of these placards go, but I can practically guarantee that the one warning not to lower the flaps below 175 m.p.h. did NOT go in a PBY!! According to a set of RAF Pilot's Notes on Liberators, the maximum flap lowering speed was 155 m.p.h.. Don't have a U.S. pilot's handbook to check there. For what it's worth! Bagman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted March 19, 2007 Don't know where most of these placards go, but I can practically guarantee that the one warning not to lower the flaps below 175 m.p.h. did NOT go in a PBY!! According to a set of RAF Pilot's Notes on Liberators, the maximum flap lowering speed was 155 m.p.h.. Don't have a U.S. pilot's handbook to check there. For what it's worth! Bagman It would be nice to know where these actually were used - I'm pretty certain they were all used on Consolidated Vultee aircraft, even if not just the B-24 and PBY Here's a couple more which mention a missile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted March 19, 2007 The History International Channel is running a great documentary about the PBY this morning. I would love to find some clear photos of the pilot and flight engineer's control panels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Flick Posted March 19, 2007 Share #5 Posted March 19, 2007 Hi Bob: Your seller may have confused the PBY Catalina with the PB4Y-1, which was a navalized version of the B-24. All were made by Consolidated (and others). I would expect most of the instrument panel on a PB4Y-1 to be identical to that of a B-24. A nice find. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk914 Posted March 22, 2007 Share #6 Posted March 22, 2007 I'm going to guess that this one has something to do with the tunnel gun position on the B-24: But that's just a guess... Fade to Black... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share #7 Posted February 13, 2008 After a year I finally took a photo of the whole set. I'm still wondering about those "missile" ID plates. I did find out that that in March 1945 a rocket powered Gorgon air-to-air missile was launched from a PBY-5A, and the PB4Y-1 (Navy version of the B-24) did carry the BAT glide bomb, a guided missile, so perhaps these are related. There are duplicates of many of the plates, especially the gun safety on-off plate. Mounting one of those on the dash of your car could certainly make passenger wonder about you (to say nothing about the cop who stops you for speeding). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted February 13, 2008 Share #8 Posted February 13, 2008 ...The History International Channel is running a great documentary about the PBY this morning....I would love to find some clear photos of the pilot and flight engineer's control panels. Link here if you still want to see PBY pilot and flight engineer control panels and a lot more Catalina interiors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share #9 Posted February 13, 2008 Link here if you still want to see PBY pilot and flight engineer control panels and a lot more Catalina interiors. Wow, what a fascinating thing that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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