Stephen Coonts, author of a zillion books including Flight of the Intruder and subsequent tales of Jake Grafton, has a collection of 3 novellas in a volume titled, The Sea Witch. One of the stories is about a PBY Catalina in the South Pacific early in World War Two. As an intro he mentions the display at the Pensacola Naval Air museum with the cut-away. This aircraft is one of those machines that you cannot help liking. I think I constructed two plastic models of it as a kid. According to Wikipedia there are some still flying 80 years later. So thanks to Stephen Coonts for a recommendation although I would have gone there anyway.
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| Galley, if it is Navy there is coffee. |
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