| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | C-FPIU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 2162 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Hemet - Hemet-RyanMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KHMT IATA: HMT Local: HMT Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 19 October 1997 |
| Photo by: | Roger Syratt |
| Photo ID: | 537449 |
| Photo Comment |
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Fire bomber photographed undergoing maintenance, the registration can just be discerned under the wing, it was re-registered N324FA to Airborne Fire Attack Inc. the following month, and it was planned that it would replace PBY-5A N322FA which had come to grief whilst scooping water at San Vincente Reservoir in August of that year. However for whatever reason this never happened and it passed to the Commemorative Air Force, (CAF), and after the discovery of severe airframe corrosion it is now exhibited statically at the CAF Lake Superior Squadron, at Richard I. Bong Airport, Superior, WI. This photo is copyright © Roger Syratt, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 8 January 2023, and has since been viewed 406 times. |