80 Years, a tribute to the PBY Catalina: The ultimate color photo album of the best flying boat ever made

This book describes the Saga of the best Flying Boat ever made, the Consolidated PBY Catalina. This iconic WWII Sea Patrol Bomber evokes strong nostalgia related to its wartime heroic role as a Rescue aircraft in search for downed crews and as a ship convoy guard against the ever-looming Submarine attacks.

But the aircraft also had a dominant role in the post-war seaplane transport, the Coast Guard and arial Firefighting. With over 400 stunning images of its military and civil operations fro...