Bird Innovator - A Four Engine Catalina
Published 2024-07-27
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All Comments (21)
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Very interesting Story ,as always 👍🛩️🍀all the best 🌞
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Fascinating fella! I now know why those respirators we used in the 1970's & 80's had the Bird name on them! Considering the size, they performed perfectly too! Thanks for another excellent video!
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At 1:38 I love how you just gloss over the fact that Bird just borrowed a B-17 to test his regulator. Half expected you to say " Bird soon made his own regulator, which he soon tested at high altitude using a borrowed a B-17, as one does." Brilliant episode. Absolutely enjoyed. Thank you.
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Thank you for this glimpse into the story of a great aircraft modification and a very ingenious man.
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I remember this aircraft from the 70's and Dr. Bird. In watching this I was expecting to find out the plane had been lost for some reason but I'm glad to see it wasn't. There must have been good reasons for removing the outer engines - complexity of controls and fuel systems I imagine. Thanks for the interesting history of this plane.
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My goodness, just when one thought a Catalina couldn’t be made any noisier - what a wonderful contraption! And glad to see your video prowess has broken through the pre-war era…, good stuff!
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Great little video of an interesting aeroplane which I recall being intrigued to see in 1984 while it was incarcerated at Titusville (along with the former "Psychedelic Monster", Jeff Hawke's gaudily painted B-25 used for filming The Battle of Britain in 1968 and latterly restored as a warbird by the Valiant Air Command - fond memories of both my visits to Tico, second time had a ride in a Stinson Junior!)
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Thanks as always Nick - a no-flab, full of facts post yet again. What a polymath Dr Bird was! On his eponymously named YT channel, Calum goes in to the Landseaire Catalina conversions in some detail for those intrigued by this aspect of Dr Bird's multifaceted life.
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Thank you for a very interesting video.
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Dr Bird with his Bird mark ventilator was used world wide, it also opened a new medical position called Respiratory Therapist which start for example in late 1960sin Canada
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Every day a school day!😁
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My favourite airplane of all time, and it’s also a boat!
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Fascinating!. Such a beautiful plane.
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Interesting video. Cheers.
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That aircraft is currently looking for a new owner to finish the restoration process, which is around 90%, I believe. They will finish the restoration at its current fbo and shop. I've seen it, and the workmanship Is outstanding with NO expenses spared.
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Incredible man. Rar3 bird. Thank you.
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Interesting story, I'm getting that it made 160+knts on 64% power, which would be a pretty good speed for a Catalina. Oh, if only fuel cost 25 cents a gallon!
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Marvelous story.
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I've seen this plane parked at TICO, about 25 years ago.
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Wow! As a (retired) aircraft maintenance engineer, my feeling is that servicing of the additional engines would have added to the unpleasantness! While an AME in Timmins, with Austin Airways, our two PBY 5As suffered no engine failures. My first solo runup on any commercial aircraft, as a fresh AME, was on a Catalina, CF-DFB, and its engines survived my neophyte incompetence!! My thought is, adding more complications to a problem won't necessarily solve the problem. But, I love the video, Nick!! Thank you, and I hope you're well!
