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spidge · 21-01-2008, 01:41 AM

Catalina flying boat 'Frigate Bird II' VH-ASA, 1944

Some good photos of the museum aircraft!

"Frigate Bird 11" flown by famous Australian Pilot P.G. Taylor after the war however an interesting piece and well worth the read.

B1495-1 Aircraft, flying boat, Catalina, PB2B-2, "Frigate Bird II", VH-ASA, metal / fabric, made by Boeing Aircraft of Canada Limited, Vancouver, Canada, 1944, flown on pioneering flight Australia-Chile, by P G Taylor, 1951 - Powerhouse Museum Collec

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,187 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 5	Catalina flying boat 'Frigate Bird II' VH-ASA, 1944 Some good photos of the museum aircraft! "Frigate Bird 11" flown by famous Australian Pilot P.G. Taylor after the war however an interesting piece and well worth the read. B1495-1 Aircraft, flying boat, Catalina, PB2B-2, "Frigate Bird II", VH-ASA, metal / fabric, made by Boeing Aircraft of Canada Limited, Vancouver, Canada, 1944, flown on pioneering flight Australia-Chile, by P G Taylor, 1951 - Powerhouse Museum Collec __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm