My Dad ran the Cousteau Society and I got to fly the PBY with Philippe as well as the Calypso hot air balloon. Sad that he passed away. Philippe was awesome and a good family friend.
I was a kid in the 1960's, Cousteau was my favorite show, the Calypso was the best ship ever in my mind as a boy, and the plane was another favorite, it's cool to see these things for the first time since then, about 55 years ago. Thank you
I'm building the old Revell model kit of this plane, and this was a lot of help. It was a special plane doing a good thing, as was the Cousteau legacy.
Interestingly, I found out a couple of weeks ago that the Cousteau Society hired another PBY in ‘79, registration C-FPQF, for the exploration of the Clipperton atoll near Mexico while N101CS was being refitted in Portugal. It’s featured in the corresponding TV special, in its yellow Canadian firefighting livery… This PBY is still extant in Greece with registration N315KM, and presumably in flying condition!
Thank you Jerry for the nice video. I strongly suggest watching the new French movie about Cousteau (2017) "L'Odyssee" "The Odyssey" Phillipe Cousteau is played by Pierre Niney very good French actor. The film is great!
Do you know the names of the pilots that flew it....I met one of them when they brought it to New Orleans Lakefront airport for maintenance in the mid 1970's
My Dad ran the Cousteau Society and I got to fly the PBY with Philippe as well as the Calypso hot air balloon. Sad that he passed away. Philippe was awesome and a good family friend.
RIP Jacques Cousteau (June 11, 1910 - June 25, 1997), aged 87
I was a kid in the 1960's, Cousteau was my favorite show, the Calypso was the best ship ever in my mind as a boy, and the plane was another favorite, it's cool to see these things for the first time since then, about 55 years ago. Thank you
I'm building the old Revell model kit of this plane, and this was a lot of help. It was a special plane doing a good thing, as was the Cousteau legacy.
Interestingly, I found out a couple of weeks ago that the Cousteau Society hired another PBY in ‘79, registration C-FPQF, for the exploration of the Clipperton atoll near Mexico while N101CS was being refitted in Portugal. It’s featured in the corresponding TV special, in its yellow Canadian firefighting livery… This PBY is still extant in Greece with registration N315KM, and presumably in flying condition!
I heard that this PBY was stationed on Ford Island Hawaii when it was in naval service.
The second video I’ve watched from your channel. The first was the story of the calypso... both awesome videos
Thank you Jerry for the nice video. I strongly suggest watching the new French movie about Cousteau (2017) "L'Odyssee" "The Odyssey" Phillipe Cousteau is played by Pierre Niney very good French actor. The film is great!
Interesting to see the red Rudder Gust lock high up between rudder and vertical fin. Always fun climbing up there.
God bless the gentleman who narrated this, it’s the engine and weapon specs that have an eyebrow raised but it’s understandable.
Thanks my friend ++++
Awesome! Id built years ago, a Catalina flying boat in RAF colors.
Do you know the names of the pilots that flew it....I met one of them when they brought it to New Orleans Lakefront airport for maintenance in the mid 1970's
Philip was actually JYC first son. Jean-Michel was born after Philip.
So what happened to the plane? it flipped over and broke in half and went to scrap?
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