| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N5907 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Bird 28-5ACF Bird Innovator |
| Manufacturers: | Consolidated / Bird |
| C/n (msn): | 417 |
| Aircraft Name: | The Wandering Albatross |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Long Beach - Daugherty FieldMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KLGB IATA: LGB Local: LGB Other: - |
| Photo Date: | March 1982 |
| Photo by: | Gary Vincent |
| Photo ID: | 489406 |
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This Consolidated built PBY was RCAF 9746 1942 - 46. Registered N58D and N5907 after coming to the USA , it was upgraded to a Super Cat with enlarged rudder and more powerful engines. Operated from 1962 by Bird Corporation as N81RD, pilot / inventor Forrest Bird modified the aircraft further with added GSO-480 engines and other updates in 1967. Christened the Bird Innovator, it was sold in 1978 reverting to N5907. As N5PY it has been undergoing extensive rebuilt since 1997 which saw the removal of the outer engines. This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 21 August 2022, and has since been viewed 511 times. |