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	CONSOLIDATED PBY-2	1937
	MULTI-ROLE/TWIN-ENGINE FLYING BOAT

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CONSOLIDATED PBY-2

CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :	MULTI-ROLE/TWIN-ENGINE FLYING BOAT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :	UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :	CONSOLIDATED VULTEE AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
FIRST FLIGHT :	1937
SERVICE DELIVERY :	NOVEMBER 1937-38
NUMBER BUILT :	50

SPECIFICATION
SPAN :	104 ft
LENGTH :	65 ft 2 in
HEIGHT :	18 ft 6 in
WING AREA :	1,400 sq ft
WEIGHT EMPTY :	14,568 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :	22,490 lbs
WEIGHT MAX :	28,640 lbs
POWER PLANT :	Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-64, 900 @ Takeoff, 850 hp @ 8,000 ft
	Two-Row, Twin Wasp Radial Engines
ARMAMENT :	1 x 30 Machine Gun in Nose Turret
	2 x 50 cal Machine Gun Amidship in Two Sliding Waist Hatches
	1 x 50 cal Machine Guns in Bottom Rear of Hull Firing
	Through Tunnel Opening
BOMB LOAD :	4 x 325 lbs Depth Charges in Underwing Racks, or
	4 x 500 lbs Bombs in Underwing Racks, or
	4 x 1000 lbs Bombs in Underwing Racks, or
	2 x 1,435 lbs Mark XIII Torpedoes
CREW :	8 - Pilot, Co-pilot, Bow Turret Gunner, Flight Mechanic, Radioman,
	Navigator and Two Waist Gunners

PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :	178 mph @ 8,000 ft, 165 mph @ Sea Level
CRUISING SPEED :	105 mph
LANDING SPEED :	68 mph
CLIMB RATE :	860 ft/min
RANGE :	2,131 miles Normal, 1242 w/ 2,000 lbs Bomb Load
SERVICE CEILING :	21,100 ft

	REFERENCES
	Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2. Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7. Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

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