Jacques Cousteau's Catalina

Trust us, it looks very good!:D

😀 😀 😀 🙁

Damnations…. I can’t see it as the security here is ridiculous!

Kurt

Trust us, it looks very good!:D

Damnations…. I can’t see it as the security here is ridiculous!

Kurt

heres the kit all made up.

I met Bill who was one of cousteau’s pilots for years, a friend employed him for his TV program, flying something different : Dean Wilson “EXPLORER” , so twin engine , a all yellow amphibious, the aircraft did a round the world flight for the program. At that time i told my friend that a Goose would be also superb on the screen but he wanted something different because on the other french channel another guy was using a PBY…
If anybody knows alaska here, we had a female pilot at that time LORIE EGGE, she was from alaska and ran a company for fish spotting and charter flights for hunters etc…with a 185, the company was named “skytrekking” and i never found her again…

The photo of the Revell kit box prompts a question…does anyone know if they changed the old molds to reflect the -6/Nomad tail?

It sure does have the -6 tail. I remember seeing this kit in shops (and in the Revell catalog) while as a kid in the 70s, but sadly never got hold of it. Now courtesy of ebay I have the kit safely tucked away in my stash. It even includes diver figures and a raft.

T J

According to this web site

http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/allies/us/jorgensenpbypreview.htm

it does have the bigger 6A tail. Gives a good description of the kit.

The photo of the Revell kit box prompts a question…does anyone know if they changed the old molds to reflect the -6/Nomad tail?

Additional info – N101CS was a New Orleans built PBY-6A, originally BuAer64071 then NC48129/N6475C/N48129 and N101CS. The accident occurred on the River Tagus , Lisbon. The thoughts at the time were that the Catalina had hit a submerged sand bar causing the catastrophic nose over that killed Phillipe Cousteau. Some spare parts were acquired by Avalon Aviation and flown to Norway via Southend aboard their own PBY-6A C-FHNH, later to become a well-known UK resident at various locations before departing to Israel a few years ago, a flight that only got as far as Beauvais. It recently left there on a truck and was last reported at Antwerp docks although may have moved on by now. Other parts of N101CS (an engine?) were reported at the Alverca museum – confirmation welcomed.

Here’s the Revell Cousteau PBY model kit box top.

My wife’s father (who had an aircraft re-finishing business out of Ft. Lauderdale Airport) did the ‘Calypso’ paint job in the early seventies. When job was completed the family (who, he said, were all VERY nice) presented him with 4 framed air-to-air photographs of the aircraft.

All involved now departed it is sad to say.

Out… Roxeth

Status:
Date: 28 JUN 1979
Type: Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina
Operator: Philippe Cousteau
Registration: N101CS
C/n / msn:
First flight:
Crew: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Total: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: Alverca (Portugal)
Phase: Landing
Nature: Test
Departure airport: ?
Destination airport: ?
Narrative:
The aircraft nosed over during a high speed taxi run after a water landing, to check the hull for leakage. The Catalina turned upside down, causing the fuselage to break behind the cockpit. The wing separated from the fuselage and the left engine broke off, penetrating the captain’s side of the cockpit.

Jacques Cousteau’s Catalina

I’m pretty sure that catalina, was the one that crashed and killed Cousteau’s son Philippe in 1979.