“ FUNDAMENTALS OF PATROL PLANE HANDLING ” WWII U.S. NAVY PBY CATALINA CREW TRAINING FILM XD95975
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This film "Fundamentals of Patrol Plane Handling No. 2: Preparing the Plane for Flight" was one of a series. It shows the step by step process to ready a PBY Catalina amphibian for takeoff. It opens with a note informing viewers it is restricted and was to be shown to authorized personnel only (:08). The U.S. Navy seal follows (:19). It was produced under the supervision of the Bureau of Aeronautics under technical direction of the Naval Air Operational Training Command, Audio Productions Inc. The first segment details how to prepare the amphibian for flight (:38). Air crew and pilots (:49) stand in an assembly. The plane crew is focused on at morning muster (1:10) as they receive orders in the morning. The first plane used in demonstration is the consolidated PBY 6A Catalina (1:45). The mechanic unlocks the waste hatch (1:57). Lines are cast from the bow, tail and wings (2:15). Engine covers are removed (2:26). The lines are wrapped and set in a pile aboard the plane (2:48). Cockpit covers (3:01) and elevator batons (3:30) are removed. Lines are passed aboard to the pilot in the cockpit (3:45). Men pass gear into the plane (3:50). The third pilot climbs aboard (4:15). Ammunition is pulled aboard through the open tunnel hatch (4:26). Magazines containing machine gun ammo (4:33) are set into racks. Float lights are set into place (4:44). The tunnel hatch is closed (5:01). A ship tips onto its side a result of a hatch carelessly left open by a patrol bomber (5:07). Food supplies must be taken along flight (5:21). The locking mechanisms (5:34) are removed. Pilots meet in the ready room (5:54). Pilot and second pilot receive detail of flight order (6:09). Commander and navigator study charts and weather reports (6:22). The commander performs a preflight check up on the exterior of the plane (7:06). He climbs aboard (7:42) continuing his check in the waste hatch (7:51). He continues to check through the aft apartment (8:04). The commander slides into his station behind the controls (8:31). Checks ensure no lose gear or tools are left behind (8:53). Flight crew are pictured wearing life preservers and parachutes (9:05). Engines are tested (9:27). Propellers are pulled through by hand prior to starting (9:39). The ignition switch is pictured set to off (9:46). Oil lock is explained (10:30). The crew passes a fire extinguisher aboard the plane (11:21). The interphone system (11:34) and the auxiliary power plant are switched on (11:51). The fuel tank valve is opened (13:04). Commander and tower communicate (13:21). Ignition of the engines begins as the priming pump is hit (13:39). The wobble pump is worked (13:51). The inertia started is switched on (14:07), port ignition switch is closed (14:16) and the starboard engine is readied (14:48). The starboard engine begins to fire (15:17). The engine is started (16:03). The oil pressure responds properly (16:35) as engines warm up. The throttles are opened (17:07). The rpm is checked (18:00). The pilot listens to unusual changes of the tone in the engine (18:14). Unusual sounds are corrected (19:29). The tunnel hatch is check by the second mechanic (20:37). Flight preparation is considered complete at this point (21:45). The inspection form is completed (21:52). A verbal count of life preservers and parachutes harnesses are accounted for (22:10). Rounds of ammunition and pyro technics are also accounted for (22:18). The beach master arrives alongside the ready craft (23:01) with the yellow sheet signifying the patrol bomber is ready for flight. The film concludes on the US Navy seal (23:31).
The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina, is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft that was produced in the 1930s and 1940s. It was one of the most widely used seaplanes of World War II.
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My Dad was an Aviation Mech at Ford Is. in an earlier version of the PBY. Wonderful film. The Navy knew how to make training films.
God bless your dad for his service to our great nation.
Thank you.
Thanks for the film. My father was a PBY pilot in the the WWII Aleutian Campaign. I was a A-4 Skyhawk pilot during Vietnam.
God bless your Dad for his service to our great nation...and thanks to you as well! Go Navy!
Thank you for your service as well. The Skyhawk was a real fine plane.
THANK YOU BOTH SIR,-FOR YOUR SERVICE--WE SAUTE YOU !!
@@PeriscopeFilm Thank you. My Dad's stories while growing up made me want to become a Naval Aviator. I retired as a CDR with 26 years of active and reserve service.
Interesting....your Dad flew one of the least agile Navy aircraft ever, and ypu flew the most....
My father Lt. jg Richard E. McCann flew the PBY5A with VP 84 Pat Wing 8. Pat Wing 8 was initially stationed in Iceland to protect the Lend Lease shipments to the UK. Later the wing mission changed to the South Atlantic. Dad flew missions from Jacksonville NAS to as far south as Rio Di Janeiro. These mission lasted for over 12 hours. And the did it week in week out . I still have his flight chart when he flew from Alameda NAS to Oahu NAS Hawaii. They ferried in new aircraft to replace the Black Cats . One of his last missions was flying security around the San Francisco Bay during the conference that established the United Nations. Amazing guys and a wonderful aircraft. Wish he was here to see this .
Beautiful stuff ❤! “How to get your PBY ready to fly!” 😁
Love Periscope Films 😁👍!
Dad graduated from CC NAS in early ‘42, and was assigned to Banana River(Miami) for east coast patrol. His 2nd job to flying PBYs was photos from the cockpit. I have shots of torpedoed ships burning from Wilmington to Jax. Transferred to Norfolk, his regular patrol included flying into Havana harbor to pick up rum for the officers club. Have a shot of him and crew at the club with stacks of rum behind them for the flight north.Transferred to PBMs in 44, logbook reads Saipan, Tinian, & Tokyo Bay Sept ‘45
There is a fair chance my father flew with yours. PBYs out of Norfolk and a few other east coast locations. 1941-45
@@larrybell726 very likely. If my now ex wife hadn’t stolen all and forced me out of my own home, I could read you some different squadrons with which he flew. I still wear his dog tags as I am a junior w/same name. I miss him
@@krautyvonlederhosen as next to Ken, you can write to the military record center in St. Louis Missouri and request a copy of his service record. I was able to do that and I can get you the details if you would like.
That should read “next of kin”
Beautiful aircraft the Catalina.
I did many patrols in a P-3 Orion!
Thanks for your service to our great nation!
I love how this early Navy film uses nautical terms whenever possible. Port, starboard, bow … anything that makes it sound like a flying boat. “I accept this airplane flight and the equipment tested.”. Final statement signed by the commander before launching .. aka take off. Ship shape indeed.
Well, that's what it was, and is, a flying boat.
my dad flew pby's during the second war. interesting, wish he was still around to talk with. the pilot sounded like arnold palmer
interesting, the use here of the term "tower", from today's definition, we assume the pilot is talking to the CONTROL tower (on the ground), awaiting taxi instructions 🙂
That aircraft had an early search radar installed under the wings.
Fascinating. Thanks. 🙂
Third pilot was using a club to lock steering wheel.
VERY cool ,as a former Naval Aircrewman myself - I note the 3rd pilot is enlisted - a Chief Petty Officer. In the mid 2000s - the Navy restarted a Warrant Officer pilot program for more pilots at less expense.
What base was this filmed at? At Patuxent River we still have the waterside ramps from the seaplane days.
I went to P-3 schools there in 1972 and there were two large amphibious aircraft on that ramp then. I think they were PB2Y Coronados.
“Very Well”
1:30 Is that taught in Boot Camp? What other foundation stones are missing?
I like these planes as well go pby catalina planes go navy and usmc flying boat units
11:15 🔥 Love it when you have to have a firefighter next to the engine every time you start it up, quality engineering there😂
Standard practice. Those engines were just as good, or amongst the best as anything else in the world at that time.
So, the plane cmmdr. Is both a crew chief and flight engineer in one?
Nope. Patrol flying boat commander was pilot. Crew chief was maintenance/ flt.engineer
The plane captain was not a pilot. As flite engr, he had his own instrument panel below the pylon which holds the wings on to the fuselage. If you look closely, you see a small square port(window) where at his station, he could watch functions, cowl flaps, wing flaps, and control which fuel tank from which to draw. My Dad was a patrol boat(plane) commander 42 thru 46. He loved the Catalina but was eventually transferred to PBMs in Pacific.
Why would the oil pressure be down on the first start, only to come back on the second? Why would a person want to restart the motor, if it was not producing oil pressure?
Seems Abnormal....Maybe those Oil pumps need Additional prime to come up...Declare it low & dosen't make the mission.
Did I miss the order to remove the chocks?
Probably covered in the launching phase.
This was a PBY-3. It preceded the PBY-5. The PBY-3 didn't have retractable landing gear. I think it dropped it's wheels after take off ? ... not sure. At the very end we can see the date January 20th 1943 as the pilot signs off.
No , the wheels weren't dropped . The landing / beaching gear was secured to the external support bracket by a movable bolt. Each gear leg had a small flotation tank attached . When the PBY rolled into the water , and the hull took the weight, the bolt was pulled by a sailor riding on the gear (in a bathing suit) , and the beaching gear floated off the hull supports. The sailor hung on to the gear and was pulled back to the ramp holding on to the floating gear, by a rope around his waist. Primitive , but it worked .
@@carltonstidsen8806 Of course that makes more sense. Thanks for the reply.
Early version of the Catalina. Perhaps another aircraft the British might have thanked us for.
This is an aircraft the bright boys in the Navy dept. Considered obsolete before Pearl Harbor.
Accase you sent your felicitations to brits for RR engines - as pistons or jet also they sent to you ???
@kkteutsch6416 That's it All you have? In English maybe next time?
There's no question the PBY was obsolete - it didn't even have flaps. And the British (and Canadians) DID thank America for it, by putting it into substantial and effective use. As for the other post, perhaps you remember the Merlin engine being licensed for US manufacture, or the Whitworth jet engine design being given patent-free to US manufacturers to build, study, and use for further development (not to mention other instances). Face it, the Allied forces pooled almost every resource and bit of knowledge, and it's a good thing they did - otherwise, WWII might have been a much longer, bloodier, and messier affair than it had already been.
I have to hand it to you as you make things up while being obnoxious in writing. Well done
@TonyHiggins
Does anyone else think the narrator sounds like William Conrad - television’s Frank Cannon?
No
A little, but not quite.
No
Ok, this is strange.
When I originally watched this video I was casting to my TV via Chromecast. The narrator had that rich voice like William Conrad.
After reading these replies I watched directly from my iPad. The voice is totally different.
You guys were right, he doesn’t sound like William Conrad at all!😀
Such a precious archival find. However, isn't it strange? _Restricted_ and _for authorised only_ - and then explanations like to a school excursion - (_covers are there to protect..._) - trivials, fundamentals, obvious things, = for fresh recruits maybe but surely not for any insider staff. To us laymen, quite interesting. Anybody knows why non-uniform terminology is applied in flight controls? At 14:07 (starters panel) engines are referred to following marine terms: port (=L) and starboard (=R), whereas at 18:30 (ignition panel) we have LEFT engine (with L for the left magneto, R for the right magneto and off position) and RIGHT engine with the same settings. Even as a total amateur, I'd rather reduce it to always the same naming.
Any chance to see part. I and III of this interesting material?
Now, go find the Japanese fleet !
Right then... Education completed, now the only thing to to is buy myself a Catalina. And an ocean to takeoff and land on. Oh, and a hostile fleet to patrol after.
Now I know why they packed a lunch.