PBY N5593V

Folks,I am seeking help to locate Mr Thomas W Kendall/Catalina Ltd or his family/children , of La Verne CA, who owned PBY-5A Bu 48397 N5593V that was abandoned in Saudi Arabia in 1960, as per the posts and pics in the thread above.regardsMark Pilkington

Hi Mark,
Depends how enthusiastic you are! Here are some suggestions>

Thomas Kendall Jr. 4829 Currituck Dr, Charlotte, NC 28210.
Beyonava Kendall, 695 Ascot Dr. Vista CA 92083.
David Kendall, 7028 Ivy St., Carlsbad, CA 92009.
do. 22050 W Ripple Rd., Buckeye, AZ 85326.
do. 806 E Becker Lane, Phoenix, AZ 85020.
Delmar Kendall, 516 Loma Alta Rd., Carmel, CA 93923.
Michael Kendall, 3263 Noya Way, Oceanside, CA 92056.

Keep up the good work, Good luck!:)

thanks david

I was thinking of engines etc….

Peter – for ‘recovery’ think in terms of parts not the whole.

Thank you Mark for detiled info and this nice images 🙂

would it be worth it?

Would a recovery be even worth it? Looks like corrosion is setting in heavily around the engines where they have dropped onto the front fuselage?

Vader,

The Arabic titled pics in my earlier post are from this middle eastern forum

http://www.mekshat.com/vb/showthread.php?t=46312&page=1&pp=15

I gave a belated credit to that website in the post 3 above from here, after I had found its link again

regards

Mark Pilkington

Excuse me sir- I have note Arab lettering as caption on images- who is credited as photo source?

Images are beautiful- thank you 🙂 🙂

Folks,

I am seeking help to locate Mr Thomas W Kendall/Catalina Ltd or his family/children , of La Verne CA, who owned PBY-5A Bu 48397 N5593V that was abandoned in Saudi Arabia in 1960, as per the posts and pics in the thread above.

regards

Mark Pilkington

Here is the Middle Eastern forum which was the source of my earlier photos, thanks to the owner of the photo’s who I couldnt identify or credit.

The forum indicates the photos were posted @March 2006

(Note this forum has its vertical scroll on the LHS)

http://www.mekshat.com/vb/showthread.php?t=46312&page=1&pp=15

Much earlier photos exist on flicker prior to the wing collapse, taken in February 1995.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kendo1938/112154359/in/set-72057594081556662

A dead aircraft in its final act of rigor-mortis

Regards

Mark Pilkington

Very, very sad pics, and it’s not the only one! Bits and pieces of our history just rotting away or going to the cutters torch! Kudos to folks like Catalina .org and all the other groups trying to save their little corner of it from the bureaucrats and bill collectors!

Merry Christmas to all, and if anyone asks what they can give you for Christmas, point them to the non-profit of choice!

Here are some pics of N5593V showing the wing collapse off the rear pylon mount due to the weight of the engines.

regards

Mark Pilkington

I guess the Bedouin Militia were better shots than the Jamaican Police. i recall a similar incident from a few years ago when pop-music star Jimmy Buffett landed his Grumman Albatross off of a beach in Jamaica and the police , suspecting a drug trafficker, surrounded his A/C and opened fire. Fortunately, no one was injured and after he explained himself, was allowed to fly away home!

I guess people flying large seaplanes are fair game! They are such easy targets! 😉

The photo’s on Flicker are quite old and the aircraft is far more deteriorated as shown by google earth.

The Wing has toppled off the rear mount of the pylon due to the weight of the engines and is sitting leading edge down on top of the cockpit.

There are pics on a middle east forum I will post the link when I am back home from holidays.

regards

Mark Pilkington

Any links to somewhere for an explanation of why she was abandoned like that?

Try: http://uk.geocities.com/kendo1938/catalina.htm

Catalina Society (www.catalina.org.uk) has updates on changes to the world’s Cat population (by David Legg) but no recent info on N5593V.

She was on a round the world flight with Thomas Kendall and his family in 1960.
In March of that year they landed at Ras Ash Shaykh Humayd and were attacked by Bedouins attached to the Saudi Arabian Army who thought they were Israli Commandos, after shooting up the plane T.Kendall and the others were arrested for questioning. They were released later to the American consul but had to abandon the PBY and The Saudi authorities refused to admit liabillity. So there she sat gradually getting worse and worse.

Hmm, looks like GE is more recent than those photos, the plane looks half buried and broken.

Any links to somewhere for an explanation of why she was abandoned like that?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38791169@N00/sets/72057594081556662

Many thanks for answering that!!

Google Earth: 28 Deg 05′ 27” N 34 Deg 36′ 31” E